Yemishchan
Եմիշճան Yemişcan | |
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Coordinates: 39°49′51″N 47°00′39″E / 39.83083°N 47.01083°E | |
Country | Azerbaijan |
• District | Khojavend |
Elevation | 794 m (2,605 ft) |
Population (2015)
[1] | |
• Total | 178 |
Time zone | UTC+4 ( AZT) |
Yemishchan ( Armenian: Եմիշճան; Azerbaijani: Yemişcan, also Yemishjan) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Martuni District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the 19th-century St. Stephen's Church ( Armenian: Սուրբ Ստեփանոս եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Stepanos 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 school, and a medical centre. [1]
The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, had 194 inhabitants in 2005, [2] and 178 inhabitants in 2015. [1]