Gunashli / Norashen
Günəşli / Նորաշեն | |
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Coordinates: 39°30′N 47°05′E / 39.500°N 47.083°E | |
Country | Azerbaijan |
District | Khojavend |
Population (2015)
[1] | |
• Total | 159 |
Time zone | UTC+4 ( AZT) |
Gunashli ( Azerbaijani: Günəşli, lit. 'sunny') or Norashen ( Armenian: Նորաշեն, lit. 'new village') 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]
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 was rebuilt after the war, and in September 2006 a new school was built. The village came under the control of Azerbaijan on 20 October 2020, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. [3]
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include khachkars from between the 9th and 11th centuries, a 19th-century cemetery, and the church of Hin Norashen ( Armenian: Հին Նորաշեն, lit. 'Old Norashen') built in 1893. [1] [4]
The village had 112 inhabitants in 2005, [5] and 159 inhabitants in 2015. [1]