Aygestan / Ballyja
Այգեստան / Ballıca | |
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  Aygestan / Ballyja  Aygestan / Ballyja | |
| Coordinates: 39°51′57″N 46°43′24″E / 39.86583°N 46.72333°E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| • District | Khojaly |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,283.46 km2 (881.65 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,084 m (3,556 ft) |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,084 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Aygestan (Armenian: Այգեստան) or Ballyja (Armenian: Բալուջա, romanized: Baluja; Azerbaijani: Ballıca) is a village in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population[2] until the exodus of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.[3]
- ^ Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
- ^ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
- ^ Sauer, Pjotr (2 October 2023). "'It's a ghost town': UN arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh to find ethnic Armenians have fled". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 November 2023.