Zardanashen
Զարդանաշեն | |
|---|---|
| Zərdanaşen | |
  Zardanashen  Zardanashen | |
| Coordinates: 39°40′03″N 46°52′50″E / 39.66750°N 46.88056°E | |
| Country | 
Azerbaijan |
| District | Khojavend |
| Population (2015)
[1] | |
| • Total | 101 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 ( AZT) |
Zardanashen ( Armenian: Զարդանաշեն; Azerbaijani: Zərdanaşen) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989. [2]
History
During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Martuni District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. After the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was administrated as part of the Martuni Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village was captured by Azerbaijan on 9 November 2020, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.
Historical heritage sites
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the 18th/19th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin ( Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit. 'Holy Mother of God'). [1]
Demographics
The village had 95 inhabitants in 2005, [3] and 101 inhabitants in 2015. [1]
References
- ^ a b c Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
- ^ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
- ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
External links
Capital:
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