Shahyeri / Sarinshen
Şahyeri / Սարինշեն | |
|---|---|
  Shahyeri / Sarinshen | |
| Coordinates: 39°30′31″N 46°59′00″E / 39.50861°N 46.98333°E | |
| Country | 
Azerbaijan |
| District | Khojavend |
| Population (2015)
[1] | |
| • Total | 15 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 ( AZT) |
Shahyeri ( Azerbaijani: Şahyeri) or Sarinshen ( Armenian: Սարինշեն) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989. [2]
History
During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Hadrut District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. After the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was administrated as part of the Hadrut Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village came under the control of Azerbaijan during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.
Historical heritage sites
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include khachkars, tombstones, the spring monument of Verin ( Armenian: Վերին, lit. 'upper'), and the 19th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin ( Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit. 'Holy Mother of God'). [3]
Demographics
The village had 27 inhabitants in 2005, [4] and 15 inhabitants in 2015. [1]
References
- ^ a b Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
- ^ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
- ^ Kiesling, Brady; Kojian, Raffi (2019). Rediscovering Armenia: An in-depth inventory of villages and monuments in Armenia and Artsakh (3rd ed.). Armeniapedia Publishing.
- ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
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