Khachen / Seyidbeyli
Խաչեն / Seyidbəyli
A view of Khachen
A view of Khachen
Khachen / Seyidbeyli is located in Azerbaijan
Khachen / Seyidbeyli
Khachen / Seyidbeyli
Khachen / Seyidbeyli is located in Karabakh Economic Region
Khachen / Seyidbeyli
Khachen / Seyidbeyli
Coordinates: 39°59′05″N 46°41′42″E / 39.98472°N 46.69500°E / 39.98472; 46.69500
Country Azerbaijan
 • DistrictKhojaly
Elevation
958 m (3,143 ft)
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total332
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Khachen (Armenian: Խաչեն) or Seyidbeyli (Azerbaijani: Seyidbəyli) 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] It was under the de facto control of breakaway Republic of Artsakh until the Azerbaijani offensive in the region in 2023.[3]

Toponymy

The village was known as Seyidishen (Russian: Сеидишен) during the Soviet period.[4][5]

History

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

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the 12th/13th-century Kachaghakaberd Fortress in the mountains to the west, a 12th/13th-century khachkar, the 13th-century St. Stephen's Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Ստեփանոս եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Stepanos Yekeghetsi), the 13th/14th-century monastery of Ptkes Berk (Armenian: Պտկես բերք), an 18th-century village, and the 19th-century St. John's Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Հովհաննես եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Hovhannes Yekeghetsi).[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, a kindergarten and a medical centre. The community of Khachen includes the village of Urakhach.[1]

Demographics

The village had 369 inhabitants in 2005,[6] and 332 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, archieved on 15 Nov 2023
  4. ↑ "Azərbaycan Respublikasının bəzi yaşayış məntəqələrinin tarixi adlarının bərpası və dəqiqləşdirilməsi haqqında". e-qanun.az. 29 December 1992. Archived from the original on 2013-06-07. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  5. ↑ Landmine Mapper. "Azerbaijan (& Nagorno Karabakh) Topographic Map 1:200,000 Russian Soviet Military". GigaPan.
  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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