Hal | |
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Coordinates: 39°16′29″N46°40′34″E / 39.27472°N 46.67611°E | |
Country | Azerbaijan |
District | Qubadli |
Population (2015) [1] | |
• Total | 32 |
Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Hal is a village in the Qubadli District of Azerbaijan.
The village was located in the Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, coming under the control of ethnic Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in the early 1990s. The village subsequently became part of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as part of its Kashatagh Province, referred to as Hale (Armenian : Հալե). It was returned to Azerbaijan as part of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement.
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