Mets Taghlar
Mets Taghlar (Armenian: Մեծ Թաղլար; Russian: Мец Тагла́р; Azerbaijani: Mets Tağlar), Mets Tagher (Armenian: Մեծ Թաղեր, lit. 'Big quarter') or Boyuk Taghlar (Azerbaijani: Böyük Tağlar) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed 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. After the capture of the village in 2020 by Azerbaijani forces, large portions of the village along with several historical objects were destroyed by Azerbaijani authorities.
Mets Taghlar / Mets Tagher
Մեծ Թաղլար / Մեծ Թաղեր Mets Tağlar • Böyük Tağlar | |
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Mets Taghlar / Mets Tagher | |
| Coordinates: 39°37′06″N 46°57′17″E | |
| Country | Azerbaijan |
| District | Khojavend |
| Elevation | 900 m (3,000 ft) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 1,509 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
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