Vaghuhas
Վաղուհաս | |
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Qozlu | |
Coordinates: 40°06′52″N 46°28′47″E / 40.11444°N 46.47972°E | |
Country | Azerbaijan |
• District | Kalbajar |
Elevation | 988 m (3,241 ft) |
Population (2015)
[1] | |
• Total | 678 |
Time zone | UTC+4 ( AZT) |
Vaghuhas ( Armenian: Վաղուհաս) or Gozlu ( Azerbaijani: Qozlu) is a village located in the Kalbajar 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 a part of the Mardakert District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
According to civilian reports, during the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijani soldiers entered the village and forcibly demanded that its entire Armenian population leave while firing their weapons in the air. [3] [4]
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the ruins of the ancient Armenian settlement of Mayrakahag ( Armenian: Մայրաքաղաք), including the Tiramayr Monastery ( Armenian: Տիրամայր Վանք) built in 1183, [5] an 8th/9th-century chapel, a 12th/13th-century cemetery, the monastery of Khatravank ( Armenian: Խաթրավանք) built in 1204, the monastery of Karmiravan ( Armenian: Կարմիրավան) built in 1224, also known as the Red Monastery – Karmir Vank, Կարմիր վանք, and the medieval village of Hin Vaghuhas ( Armenian: Հին Վաղուհաս, lit. 'Old Vaghuhas'). [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, seven shops, and a medical centre. [1]
The village had 638 inhabitants in 2005, [6] and 678 inhabitants in 2015. [1]