Atagut (Azerbaijani: Ataqut) or Taghut (Armenian: Թաղուտ) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[2]
Atagut / Taghut
Ataqut / Թաղուտ | |
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.jpg) 19th-century St. John's Church in the village | |
  Atagut / Taghut  Atagut / Taghut | |
| Coordinates: 39°34′11″N 46°57′43″E / 39.56972°N 46.96194°E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| District | Khojavend |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
• Total | 205 |
| Time zone | UTC 4 (AZT) |
History
editDuring the Soviet period, the village was part of the Hadrut District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. After the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was administrated as part of the Hadrut Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village came under the control of Azerbaijan on 7 November 2020, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.
Historical heritage sites
editHistorical heritage sites in and around the village include a 17th-century spring monument, an 18th-century caravanserai, an 18th/19th-century cemetery, a 19th-century watermill, and the 19th-century St. John's Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Հովհաննես եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Hovhannes Yekeghetsi).[3]
Demographics
editThe village had 198 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 205 inhabitants in 2015.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
- ^ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
- ^ Kiesling, Brady; Kojian, Raffi (2019). Rediscovering Armenia: An in-depth inventory of villages and monuments in Armenia and Artsakh (3rd ed.). Armeniapedia Publishing.
- ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
