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Mərzili (Azerbaijani pronunciation: [mæɾziˈli]) is a village in the Aghdam District of Azerbaijan.

Mərzili
Mərzili
Coordinates: 39°55′59.2″N 47°03′36″E
Country	Azerbaijan
District	Aghdam
Population  (1981)[1]
• Total	3,400
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)

History

Mərzili was part of the Shusha Uyezd of Elisabethpol Governorate during the Russian Empire. According to 1886 census data, there were 273 homes and 1,079 Azerbaijanis (classified as "Tatars" in the census) of the Shiite branch of Islam in Mərzili.[2] According to the 1912 "Caucasian Calendar", the village of Mərzili was home to 1,625 people, the majority of whom were Azerbaijanis (classified as "Tatars" in the census).[3]

The village had 3,400 residents in 1981. Its residents' main occupations were viticulture, agriculture, animal husbandry, and sericulture. There was a middle school, a vocational school, a cultural centre, two libraries, a sheep-breeding complex, a communication department, and a hospital in the village.[1]

During the First Nagorno-Karabakh War on 11 June 1993, Armenian forces occupied the village, forcing the Azerbaijani population to flee. It was later incorporated into the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh as part of its Martuni Province, where it remained a ghost village. Mərzili was returned to Azerbaijan on 20 November 2020 as part of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement.

Demographics

Year	Population	Ethnic composition	Source
1886	1,079	100% Tatars (i.e. Azerbaijanis)	Transcaucasian Statistical Committee[2]
1912	1,625	Mostly Tatars	Caucasian Calendar[3]
1981	3,400		Azerbaijani Soviet Encyclopedia[1]
11 June 1993: Occupation of Mərzili. Expulsion of Azerbaijani population

References

External links

• Mərzili at GEOnet Names Server

На других языках

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- [en] Mərzili

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[ru] Марзили

Марзили́ (азерб. Mərzili) — село в Агдамском районе Азербайджана. Расположено на высоте 246 м.

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