Güləbird

Güləbird (Gulabird) or Tsaghkaberd (Armenian: Ծաղկաբերդ, lit.  'castle of flowers') is a village in the Lachin District of Azerbaijan.

History
Gulabird, then called Kulaberd in Armenian (Կուլաբերդ), was the easternmost fortification of the Armenian Principality of Kapan (1722-1730) formed by the commander Davit Bek following the Syunik Rebellion, it is also where the modern-day village gets its name.

The village was located in the Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, coming under the control of ethnic Armenian forces in August 1993 during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. The village subsequently became part of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as part of its Kashatagh Province, referred to as Tsaghkaberd (Ծաղկաբերդ, lit. 'castle of flowers'). It was seized by Azerbaijan on 9 November 2020 during the Lachin offensive in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.

Economy
In 2021, the Gulabird hydroelectric power plant was declared reopened. It is a small 8 MW power plant.

Historical heritage sites
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a cave, the 12th/13th-century rock-cut church of Kronk (Քրոնք), and the 17th/18th-century bridge of Kotrats (Կոտրած).

Demographics
The village had 271 inhabitants in 2005, and 221 inhabitants in 2015.