Çaykənd, Kalbajar
# Çaykənd, Kalbajar

Çaykənd (Chaykend) is a village in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan.

## History

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 Shahumyan Province, referred to as Nor Verinshen (Armenian: Նոր Վերինշեն). It was returned to Azerbaijan as part of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement.

## Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a 12th/13th-century khachkar.

## Demographics

The village had 200 inhabitants in 2005, and 267 inhabitants in 2015.

