| Bina / Tumi Binə / Տումի | |
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| Coordinates: 39°34′59″N 46°54′05″E / 39.58306°N 46.90139°E / 39.58306; 46.90139 | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| District | Khojavend |
| Population | |
| • Total | 746 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Bina (Azerbaijani: Binə; Armenian: Բինա) or Tumi (Armenian: Տումի) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.
Toponymy
The village was known as Domi (Armenian: Դոմի; Russian: Домы; Azerbaijani: Domı) during the Soviet period.
History
During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Hadrut District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
The village was administered by the Republic of Artsakh as part of its Hadrut Province after the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. The village was captured in 9 November 2020 by Azerbaijani forces during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war with the Armenian population of the village having previously evacuated.
Historical heritage sites
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a cemetery from between the 9th and 19th centuries, the 11th-century Church of the Red Cross (Armenian: Եկեղեցի Կարմիր Խաչ, romanized: Yekeghetsi Karmir Khach), a 12th/13th-century khachkar, a 12th/13th-century bridge, the fortress of Ghlen Kar (Armenian: Ղլեն Քար, also known as Dizapayt Fortress and Gorozaberd, Գոռոզաբերդ) from between the 13th and 19th centuries, and a 19th-century spring monument.
Demographics
The village had 760 inhabitants in 2005, and 746 inhabitants in 2015.
Gallery
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Igakuts Bridge
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Ghlen Kar Fortress
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Bridge near Tumi
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Jrvanes Bridge
References
- ^ Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
- Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
- Landmine Mapper. "Azerbaijan (& Nagorno Karabakh) Topographic Map 1:200,000 Russian Soviet Military". GigaPan.
- "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-03-02. Retrieved 2009-02-26.
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