Verin Horatagh
Վերին Հոռաթաղ | |
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Yuxarı Oratağ | |
Coordinates: 40°08′07″N 46°32′19″E / 40.13528°N 46.53861°E | |
Country | Azerbaijan |
• District | Kalbajar |
Elevation | 895 m (2,936 ft) |
Population (2015)
[1] | |
• Total | 532 |
Time zone | UTC+4 ( AZT) |
Verin Horatagh ( Armenian: Վերին Հոռաթաղ) or Yukhary Oratagh ( Azerbaijani: Yuxarı Oratağ) is a village 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.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include tombs from the 2nd–1st millennia BCE, and a 12th/13th-century khachkar. [1]
The population is mainly engaged in agriculture, animal husbandry, and mining. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a secondary school, six shops, and a medical centre. [1]
The village had 449 inhabitants in 2005, [3] and 532 inhabitants in 2015. [1]