Charektar (Armenian: Չարեքտար; Azerbaijani: Çərəkdar) is a village in the Aghdara District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
The village had an Azerbaijani-majority population prior to their exodus during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.
[2] Before 2023, it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as part of its claimed Shahumyan Province.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the 12th/13th-century Charektar Monastery and a 12th/13th-century khachkar.
[5] The inhabitants of the village fled during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War and Charektar was subsequently settled by Armenians.