Aygestan, Askeran
Aygestan / Ballyja
Այգեստան / Ballıca | |
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| Coordinates: 39°51′57″N 46°43′24″E / 39.86583°N 46.72333°E | |
| Country | Azerbaijan |
| • District | Khojaly |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,283.46 km2 (881.65 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,084 m (3,556 ft) |
| Population (2015) | |
• Total | 1,084 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Aygestan (Armenian: Այգեստան) or Ballyja (Armenian: Բալուջա, romanized: Baluja; Azerbaijani: Ballıca) is a village in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population until the exodus of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.