Şəlvə (Shalva) is a village in the Lachin District of Azerbaijan.
Şəlvə | |
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  Şəlvə  Şəlvə | |
| Coordinates: 39°50′08″N 46°17′56″E / 39.83556°N 46.29889°E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| District | Lachin |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
• Total | 55 |
| Time zone | UTC 4 (AZT) |
History
editThe village was located in the Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, coming under the control of ethnic Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in the early 1990s. The village subsequently became part of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as part of its Kashatagh Province, where it was known as Shalua (Armenian: Շալուա). It was returned to Azerbaijan as part of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement.
Historical heritage sites
editHistorical heritage sites in and around the village include a grave field from between the 1st and 13th centuries, a medieval bridge, a 12th/13th-century khachkar, a tombstone from 1629, two 17th-century tombstones, five 17th-century khachkars, a 17th/18th-century stele, and the 17th-century church of Poghos-Petros (Armenian: Պողոս-Պետրոս).[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
External links
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