Norshen / Yenikend
Նորշեն / Yenikənd | |
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Coordinates: 39°50′59″N 46°58′41″E / 39.84972°N 46.97806°E | |
Country | Azerbaijan |
• District | Khojavend |
Population (2015)
[1] | |
• Total | 354 |
Time zone | UTC+4 ( AZT) |
Norshen ( Armenian: Նորշեն) or Yenikend ( Azerbaijani: Yenikənd) is a village located in the Khojavend 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]
The village's name means "new village" in both Armenian and Azerbaijani.
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. John's Church ( Armenian: Սուրբ Հովհաննես եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Hovhannes Yekeghetsi), and a bridge built in 1912. [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, two shops, and a medical centre. [1]
The village had 372 inhabitants in 2005, [3] and 354 inhabitants in 2015. [1]