Karki, Azerbaijan
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Karki (also known as Kiarki, Kyarki or Tigranashen) is an exclave of Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. It is part of the Sadarak rayon and is completely surrounded by Armenia and has been controlled by it since the Nagorno-Karabakh War in May 1992. The main highway connecting northern Armenia with southern Armenia passes right by this village. Today, the village is mostly inhabited by Armenians due to a forceful mutual population exchange between Armenia and Azerbaijan during the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict[citation needed]. It has been renamed Tigranashen by the Armenian government [1] , and its size is about 10 square kilometers.[citation needed]