Xıdırlı, Agdam
Khidirli | |
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| Azerbaijani: Xıdırlı | |
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  Khidirli  Khidirli | |
| Coordinates: 40°00′56″N 46°53′26″E / 40.01556°N 46.89056°E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| District | Agdam |
| Population (2025)[1] | |
• Total | 737 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
| Postal code | AZ0228 |
Khidirli (Azerbaijani: Xıdırlı; also romanized as Khydyrly) is a village in the Agdam District of Azerbaijan.[2][3][4] It serves as the administrative centre of the Khidirli rural administrative unit, which also includes the villages of Chukhurmahla and Ahmadavar.[2][3][4]
Geography
Khidirli lies about 3 km north-west of the city of Aghdam.[5] The village is situated at the foothills of the Karabakh Range.[6]
Etymology
The name Xıdırlı is an ethnotoponym. The settlement is described as having formed in the mid-19th century following the relocation of the xıdırlı tribe from the Javad uezd.[6]
History
Soviet period
In the late Soviet period, Khidirli functioned as the centre of a village council in Agdam District of the Azerbaijan SSR.[7] Contemporary reference works describe the local economy as based on viticulture, grain-growing, animal husbandry, sericulture and poultry farming, and note the presence of schools, libraries, a club, a medical point and a post/communications office.[8]
Karabakh conflict
During the First Nagorno-Karabakh war, fighting took place in the Agdam area, and in 1993 the village came under the control of Armenian forces.[9] In that period it was administered de facto as part of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh (as part of its Askeran Province) and was referred to in Armenian as Խդրլը.[9] Following the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war and the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement, Agdam District returned to Azerbaijani control on 20 November 2020.[9][10]
Reconstruction and resettlement
Post-war reconstruction of Khidirli began with a groundbreaking ceremony on 4 October 2022 attended by President Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva.[11]
On 25 April 2024, Presidents Ilham Aliyev and Sadyr Japarov took part in the groundbreaking ceremony for a secondary school in the village.[12] The school was built with Kyrgyz support and was named after the Kyrgyz epic figure Aykol Manas; a yurt was installed in the schoolyard as part of the project's cultural presentation.[5]
According to official information released for the opening of the first phase on 3 July 2025, the planned territory of the village exceeds 417 hectares and the master plan provides construction of 1,498 private houses; the first phase covered 170.44 hectares and included 719 houses, alongside public and service facilities such as a multifunctional administrative building, a club–community centre, medical and emergency facilities, a guest house, workshops, a kindergarten and the 528-seat school.[5] The opening of the first phase was attended by Presidents Ilham Aliyev and Sadyr Japarov.[5]
Resettlement of former internally displaced residents was reported in several stages in July 2025. By 31 July 2025, Azerbaijani media reported that a total of 188 families (737 people) had been resettled in the village.[1] (In later reporting, additional relocations in the area were also announced for November 2025.)[13]
Demographics
In the Soviet period, the village's population was reported as 2,478 in 1986.[8] By late July 2025, resettlement reporting stated that 188 families (737 people) had moved into newly built housing in the reconstructed village.[1]
Notable natives
Gallery
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Ilham Aliyev attending groundbreaking ceremony for the village -
Khidirli, July 2025 -
Presidents Ilham Aliyev and Sadyr Japarov visiting a yurt in Khidirli, July 2025
References
- ^ a b c "В село Хыдырлы Агдамского района прибыла очередная группа переселенцев, им вручены ключи от квартир-ОБНОВЛЕНО". Азери-Пресс (APA) (in Russian). 31 July 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
- ^ a b "İnzibati ərazi bölgüsü təsnifatı, 2024". www.azstat.org (in Azerbaijani).
- ^ a b İnzibati ərazi bölgüsü təsnifatı, 2024 (PDF) (in Azerbaijani). Bakı: State Statistics Committee. 2024. pp. 27–28.
- ^ a b "İnzibati ərazi bölgüsü təsnifatı, 2024". Azərbaycan Respublikasının Ədliyyə Nazirliyi Hüquqi aktların vahid elektron bazası (in Azerbaijani). 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Президенты Азербайджана и Кыргызстана приняли участие в открытии 1-го этапа села Хыдырлы Агдамского района". Official website of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan (in Russian). 3 July 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
- ^ a b Azərbaycan toponimlərinin ensiklopedik lüğəti (in Azerbaijani). Vol. Birinci cild. Bakı: Şərq-Qərb. 2007. p. 245. ISBN 978-9952-34-155-3.
- ^ Azərbaycan SSR inzibati-ərazi bölgüsü (in Azerbaijani) (Dördüncü nəşri ed.). Bakı: Azərnəşr. 1979. pp. 19–20.
- ^ a b Азәрбајҹан Совет Енсиклопедијасы (in Azerbaijani). Vol. X. Бакы: Азәрбајҹан Совет Енсиклопедијасынын Баш Редаксијасы. 1987. p. 88.
- ^ a b c "Министерство обороны распространило видеокадры из освобожденного от оккупации села Хыдырлы Агдамского района ВИДЕО". АЗЕРТАДЖ (in Russian). 18 January 2021.
- ^ "Проходит 4 года с подписания Трехстороннего заявления". Qafqazinfo (in Russian). 10 November 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ^ "Ильхам Алиев и первая леди Мехрибан Алиева приняли участие в церемонии закладки фундамента агдамского села Хыдырлы". Official website of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan (in Russian). 4 October 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
- ^ "Президенты Азербайджана и Кыргызстана приняли участие в церемонии закладки фундамента средней школы села Хыдырлы Агдамского района". Official website of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan (in Russian). 25 April 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
- ^ "В села Мамедбейли и Хыдырлы возвращается очередная группа бывших вынужденных переселенцев". Day.Az (in Russian). 15 November 2025. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
- ^ "Rustamov Hidayat Eldar oglu". milliqahraman.az.[permanent dead link]
