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'{{for|the nearby village formerly with this name|İçəri}} {{redirect|Zangelan|places in Iran|Zangelan, Iran (disambiguation){{!}}Zangelan, Iran}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Zangilan | native_name = Zəngilan | other_name = | image_skyline = Ковсакан - panoramio.jpg| | image_caption = A street in Zangilan | pushpin_map = Azerbaijan | pushpin_mapsize = 300 | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{Flag|Azerbaijan}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan|District]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Zangilan District|Zangilan]] | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | leader_title = | leader_name = | established_title = | established_date = | area_total_km2 = | area_footnotes = | population_as_of = 2015 | population_total = 500<ref>http://stat-nkr.am/files/publications/2015/LXH_tverov_2015.pdf</ref> | population_density_km2 = | timezone = [[UTC]] | utc_offset = +4 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | coordinates = {{coord|39|03|56|N|46|41|49|E|region:AZ|display=inline,title}} | elevation_m = | area_code = | website = }} '''Zangilan'''{{efn|Also anglicized as '''Zangelan'''}} ({{Lang-az|Zəngilan}}; {{small|{{Audio|Az-Zangilan.ogg|(listen)|help=no}}}}) is a city and the capital of the [[Zangilan District]] of [[Azerbaijan]]. ==History== [[File:Zangilan (Зангелан) J-38-034.jpg|thumb|200x200px|left|Zangilan on a Soviet topographic map (1978)]] The town was nominally part of the [[Kurdistan Okrug]] in the [[Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic|Azerbaijani SSR]] from 7 July 1923 to 23 July 1930. To its Kurdish population, it was known as '''Zengezûr''' or '''Zengil'''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Esger|first=Şamîlê Selîm|date=|title=Kurdên Azerbaycanên, dîroka Laçîn û yên mayîn|url=https://en.calameo.com/read/000747308ab444958bca2|journal=Kovara Çira|volume=3|pages=57|via=}}</ref> Being part of [[Azerbaijan SSR]] during the Soviet period, the village was known as ''Pirchivan'' until 1957. According to the data of 1933, the population of the village was 574, of which 98.7% were Azerbaijanis.<ref>{{cite book |title=Административное деление АССР |trans-title=Administrative divisions of the ASSR |language=ru |page=101 }}</ref> In 31 August, 1957, the village was renamed to ''Zangilan''.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=[[Azerbaijani Soviet Encyclopedia]] |year=1980 |volume=4 |page=317 }}</ref> It was given the status of a town in 1967. According to the 1979 Soviet census, 5,012 people lived in the town, of which 96.1% were Azerbaijanis and 3.6% were Russians or Ukrainians.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru/zangelan79.html |title=ЗАНГЕЛАНСКИЙ РАЙОН (1979 г.) |language=ru |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru }}</ref> Population rose to 6,968 in 1989.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng89_reg2.php |title=1989 All-Union Population Census |author=<!--Not stated--> |language=ru |website=demoscope.ru }}</ref> The village became part of the [[Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh]], coming under the control of ethnic Armenian forces on 29 October 1993 during the [[First Nagorno-Karabakh War]] in the early 1990s. The town subsequently was declared part of the self-proclaimed [[Republic of Artsakh]] as part of its [[Kashatagh Province]], referred to as '''Kovsakan''' ({{lang-hy|Կովսական}}). In 2005 the population of the town was less than 400. Following the outbreak of the [[Syrian Civil War]], a growing number of Armenian refugees from Syria had settled in the town, many of them farmers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Armenia: Syrian Refugees Resettling in Occupied Azerbaijani Territory|url=http://www.eurasianet.org/node/66461|website=EurasiaNet|date=28 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://armenianow.com/news/50505/agbu_syrian_armenians_karabakh|title=Syrian-Armenians in NKR benefit from AGBU agricultural program|access-date=2016-02-14|archive-date=2018-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616153652/https://www.armenianow.com/news/50505/agbu_syrian_armenians_karabakh|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Armenia: refugees in the military|url=http://www.dw.com/en/armenia-refugees-in-the-military/av-19447727|publisher=Deutsche Welle}}</ref> It was recaptured by Azerbaijan on 20 October 2020 during the [[2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mod.gov.az/en/news/president-ilham-aliyev-zangilan-city-and-6-villages-of-the-district-18-villages-of-fuzuli-jabrayil-and-khojavand-distric-33131.html |title=President Ilham Aliyev: Zangilan city and 6 villages of the district, 18 villages of Fuzuli, Jabrayil, and Khojavand districts liberated |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=20 October 2020 |website=mod.gov.az }}</ref> ==Gallery== <gallery mode="packed" heights="120"> File:Kovsakan125.jpg|[[Voghji (river)|Okhchu River]] in Zangilan File:İlham Əliyev Qubadlı və Zəngilan rayonlarında olub 48.jpg|Ruins of a destroyed mosque in Zangilan File:Kovsakan126.jpg|[[Voghji (river)|Okhchu River]] in Zangilan File:Дорога в Ковсакан - panoramio.jpg|Zangilan's nature File:Kovsakan129.jpg|Old [[Khachkar]] in Zangilan File:Kovsakan112.jpg|New Khachkar in Zangilan İlham Əliyev Qubadlı və Zəngilan rayonlarında olub 51.jpg|Entrance of Zangilan </gallery> == References == {{notelist}} {{Reflist}} == External links == {{Commons}} *{{GEOnet2|32FA8814F30A3774E0440003BA962ED3}} *[http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-26&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&pt=c&va=x World Gazetteer: Azerbaijan] &ndash; World-Gazetteer.com {{Zangilan Rayon}} {{Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan}} {{Kashatagh Province}} {{Zangilan-geo-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Zangilan}} [[Category:Populated places in Zangilan District]]'