Nakhichevanik

Nakhichevanik
Նախիջևանիկ
Naxçıvanlı
A view of Nakhichevanik
A view of Nakhichevanik
Nakhichevanik is located in Azerbaijan
Nakhichevanik
Nakhichevanik
Coordinates: 39°54′28″N 46°52′14″E / 39.90778°N 46.87056°E / 39.90778; 46.87056
Country Azerbaijan
 • DistrictKhojaly
Elevation
775 m (2,543 ft)
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total222
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Nakhichevanik (Armenian: Նախիջևանիկ, romanizedNakhijevanik) or Nakhchivanly (Azerbaijani: Naxçıvanlı) is a village located in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population[2] until the exodus of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.[3]

History

The modern village was founded in the 15th century.[4] During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Askeran District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include tombs from the 2nd–1st millennia BCE, the abandoned village of Varder from between the 16th and 19th centuries, the 17th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Holy Mother of God), and an 18th/19th-century cemetery.[1]

Economy and culture

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, and a medical centre.[1]

Demographics

The village had 211 inhabitants in 2005,[5] and 222 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ a b c d Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  2. ^ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
  3. ^ Sauer, Pjotr (2 October 2023). "'It's a ghost town': UN arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh to find ethnic Armenians have fled". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  4. ^ Kiesling, Brady; Kojian, Raffi (2019). Rediscovering Armenia: An in-depth inventory of villages and monuments in Armenia and Artsakh (3rd ed.). Armeniapedia Publishing.
  5. ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
  6. ^ "Карахан Николай Георгиевич". «СОВКОМ».