Vəng | |
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Coordinates: 40°09′33.7″N 46°17′08.2″E / 40.159361°N 46.285611°E | |
Country | Azerbaijan |
District | Kalbajar |
Population (2015)
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• Total | 136 |
Time zone | UTC+4 ( AZT) |
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Vang (Vəng) is a village in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan. The Dadivank monastery is located in the village.
The village was located in the Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, coming under the control of ethnic Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in the early 1990s. The village subsequently became part of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as part of its Shahumyan Province, referred to as Dadivank ( Armenian: Դադիվանք). It was returned to Azerbaijan as part of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement. After the withdrawal of Armenian forces from the region, the Dadivank monastery in the village was placed under the protection of Russian peacekeeping forces. [2]
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the monastery of Dadivank (Դադիվանք) from between the 4th and 13th centuries, khachkars from between the 11th and 13th centuries, a winepress, chapel and fresco from the 13th century, and the 14th-century monument of St. Dadi ( Armenian: Սուրբ Դադի, romanized: Surb Dadi). [1]
The village had 94 inhabitants in 2005, [3] and 136 inhabitants in 2015. [1]