Kaghartsi
Կաղարծի
Qağartsi
Kaghartsi is located in Azerbaijan
Kaghartsi
Kaghartsi
Coordinates: 39°48′54″N 46°56′29″E / 39.81500°N 46.94139°E / 39.81500; 46.94139
Country Azerbaijan
  DistrictKhojavend
Population
 (2015)[1]
  Total306
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Kaghartsi (Armenian: Կաղարծի; Azerbaijani: Qağartsi, Gaghartsi) is a village located in the Khojavend 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]

History

During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Martuni District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a 13th-century khachkar, the 17th/18th-century chapel of Lusavorich (Armenian: Լուսավորիչ), an 18th/19th-century cemetery, a 19th-century spring monument, and the 19th-century monastery church of Targmanchats (Armenian: Թարգմանչաց).[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 337 inhabitants in 2005,[3] and 306 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. "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
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