Aygestan / Ballyja
Այգեստան / Ballıca
Aygestan / Ballyja is located in Azerbaijan
Aygestan / Ballyja
Aygestan / Ballyja
Aygestan / Ballyja is located in Karabakh Economic Region
Aygestan / Ballyja
Aygestan / Ballyja
Coordinates: 39°51′57″N 46°43′24″E / 39.86583°N 46.72333°E / 39.86583; 46.72333
Country Azerbaijan
 • DistrictKhojaly
Area
 • Total2,283.46 km2 (881.65 sq mi)
Elevation
1,084 m (3,556 ft)
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total1,084
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Aygestan (Armenian: Այգեստան) or Ballyja (Armenian: Բալուջա, romanized: Baluja; Azerbaijani: Ballıca) is a village in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan. The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[2] Prior to the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive, it was de facto controlled by the Republic of Artsakh.[3]

History

The modern village was founded in the 17th 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 centuries BCE, a 12th/13th-century village, the 12th/13th-century Tamtsi Church (Armenian: Թամցի եկեղեցի), the 12th/13th-century shrine of Prshni Nahatak (Armenian: Փռշնի Նահատակ), a 13th-century khachkar, a cemetery from between the 17th and 19th centuries, and the church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit. 'Holy Mother of God') built in 1850.[1]

Economy and culture

The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry, as well as in different state institutions. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a house of culture, a secondary school, a kindergarten, and a medical centre.[1] The village is home to the Artsakh Brandy Company.[5]

Demographics

The village had 1,091 inhabitants in 2005,[6] and 1,084 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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. ↑ Nagorno-Karabakh’s breakaway government says it will dissolve itself, The Guardian, 28 Sep 2023, retrieved on 14 Nov 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. ↑ "Contacts | OHANYAN BRANDY COMPANY".
  6. ↑ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
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