Country Armenia Time zone GMT+4 (UTC+4) Population 165 (2001) | Elevation 2,054 m (6,739 ft) Local time Saturday 11:29 AM Marz province Gegharkunik Province | |
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Azat (Armenian: Ազատ, also Romanized as Azad; until 1935, Aghkilisa, meaning White Church) is a small village in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. The village has a heavily ruined 11th century church and a pair of medieval khachkars.
Map of Azat, Armenia
Azat was also the birthplace of the celebrated Azeri folklore poet Ashig Alasgar (Ashug Alesker) (1821-1926). All of the ethnic Azeri inhabitants of Azat fled to Azerbaijan in 1988-89 during the course of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict.
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Azat, Armenia Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA