New settlement appears on NKR map

New settlement appears on NKR map

PanARMENIAN.Net - The government of the Artsakh Republic has decided to rename Aghdam town as Akna.

Local administration representative Sergey Nasibekyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter that Anka will have a status of a district and belong in Askeran.

Currently, Akna has about 360 residents. Founded in the 18th century, the 28-thousand town was completely destroyed during the Azerbaijani-Karabakh war in early 1990ies.

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