Hovsepavan

Hovsepavan Հովսեփավան
Hovsepavan
Coordinates: 39°55′01.5″N 46°45′42.4″E / 39.917083°N 46.761778°E / 39.917083; 46.761778
Country	Azerbaijan
• District	Khojaly
Population  (2015)[1]
• Total	176
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)

Hovsepavan (Armenian: Հովսեփավան) is a village located in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Prior to 2024, it was claimed by the Republic of Artsakh.

History[edit]

Hovsepavan was founded during the period of the Karabakh movement in Nagorno-Karabakh.^[2] During the Soviet period, the area around the village was a part of the Askeran District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.

After the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, Artsakh launched the construction of a new residential area for 92 displaced families in the village.^[3]

Geography[edit]

Hovsepavan is situated on the flatlands, 9 km to the west of Askeran, the regional centre, and 15 km to the north of Stepanakert, the capital of Artsakh.^[4]

Economy and culture[edit]

The population of the village is mostly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry, with the majority of the village lands being agricultural. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a house of culture, a school, and a medical centre.^[4][1]

Demographics[edit]

The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, had 128 inhabitants in 2005,^[5] and 176 inhabitants in 2015.^[1]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Hovsepavan at GEOnet Names Server