Its population was predominantly Azerbaijani before the war in the late 1980s and early 1990s, which forced hundreds of thousands to flee.
Dadkeedu waxay u badnaayeen Azerbaijan kahor dagaalkii dabayaaqadii 1980-meeyadii iyo horraantii 1990-meeyadii, taas oo boqolaal kun ku qasabtay inay qaxaan."