Dashalty
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Dashalty (Azerbaijani: Daşaltı) or Karin Tak (Armenian: Քարին Տակ) is a village in the Shusha District of Azerbaijan,[2][3] in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2020, the village was controlled by the unrecognised Republic of Artsakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[4]
Dashalty / Karin Tak
Daşaltı / Քարին Տակ | |
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Coordinates: 39°44′30″N 46°44′57″E | |
Country | Azerbaijan |
District | Shusha |
Population (2015)[1] | |
• Total | 660 |
Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
About 3 km downriver there is a mossy waterfall named "Zontik" (Russian: Зонтик, literally, "Umbrella"), because of its resemblance to an umbrella in the rain. The village is an overnight stopping point along the Janapar hiking trail.
On November 7, 2021, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva laid the foundation of the Dashalti village Mosque[5]. It is planned to create a network of reservoirs to supply drinking water to Dashalti and the city of Shusha[6]. On July 21, 2023, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, during his visit to the village of Dashalty, got acquainted with the work ahead for the reconstruction of the village, and also laid the foundation for a new residential complex and tourist facilities that will be built there through private investment[7]. The upcoming work covers an area of about 65 hectares, where 220 families are planned to be resettled[8]. It is planned that a total population of 1,100 people will be accommodated here. In total, it is planned to build 228 houses for residents: 9 of them will be two-storey multi-apartment buildings, there will also be 66 two-storey townhouses, and 153 two-storey private houses will also be built[7].