Karki or Tigranashen is de jure an exclave

Enclave and exclave

In political geography, an enclave is a territory whose geographical boundaries lie entirely within the boundaries of another territory.An exclave, on the other hand, is a territory legally or politically attached to another territory with which it is not physically contiguous.These are two...

 of Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...

's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, itself an exclave; de facto it is part of the Ararat Province of Armenia

Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...

. It is part of the Sadarak Rayon and is completely surrounded by Armenia

Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...

 - therefore making it also an enclave - and has been occupied by Armenia since the Nagorno-Karabakh War

Nagorno-Karabakh War

The Nagorno-Karabakh War was an armed conflict that took place from February 1988 to May 1994, in the small enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh in southwestern Azerbaijan, between the majority ethnic Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh backed by the Republic of Armenia, and the Republic of Azerbaijan...

 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 both local and refugees from Azerbaijan. It has been renamed Tigranashen by the Armenian government, and its size is about 19 square kilometers.

See also

• Artsvashen
  Artsvashen
  Artsvashen , also Romanized as Artzvashen, is an exclave of Armenia's Gegharkunik province which has been controlled by the Azerbaijani army since 1992. The official Azerbaijani name for the village is Bashkand. Its size is about 40 square kilometers, and it is completely surrounded by the...
  
  
• Barkhudarli
• Yukhari Askipara
  Yukhari Askipara
  Yuxarı Əskipara is a village in the Qazakh Rayon of Azerbaijan. Together with Aşağı Əskipara , it forms an exclave of Azerbaijan. The exclave is surrounded by Armenia and has been controlled by it since the Nagorno-Karabakh War. The entire exclave is about 37 square kilometers...
  
  
• Ashagi Askipara