Güləbird () or Tsaghkaberd (Armenian: Ծաղկաբերդ, lit. 'castle of flowers') is a village in the Lachin District of Azerbaijan.
History Gulabird, then called Kulaberd in Armenian (), 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 (, ). It was seized by Azerbaijan on 9 November 2020 during the Lachin offensive in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.
Economy
After returning to Azerbaijan control, the Gulabird hydroelectric power plant was declared reopened in 2021.HEP station opens 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 (), and the 17th/18th-century bridge of Kotrats ().
Demographics The village had 271 inhabitants in 2005, and 221 inhabitants in 2015.
See also List of power stations in Azerbaijan
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