Mets Shen / Ulu Garabey
Մեծ Շեն / Ulu Qarabəy | |
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Coordinates: 40°12′56″N 46°42′25″E / 40.21556°N 46.70694°E | |
Country | Azerbaijan |
• District | Tartar |
Population (2015)
[1] | |
• Total | 341 |
Time zone | UTC+4 ( AZT) |
Mets Shen ( Armenian: Մեծ Շեն) or Ulu Garabey ( Azerbaijani: Ulu Qarabəy) is a village that is located in the Tartar District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989. [2]
During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Mardakert District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include tombs from the 2nd–1st millennia BCE, the medieval fortress of Dzoratap ( Armenian: Ձորատափ), a 17th-century khachkar, and the 17th-century St. George's Church ( Armenian: Սուրբ Գևորգ եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Gevorg Yekeghetsi). [1]
The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a house of culture, a secondary school, a kindergarten, two shops, and a medical centre. [1]
The village had 322 inhabitants in 2005, [3] and 341 inhabitants in 2015. [1]