Hovsepavan
Hovsepavan
Հովսեփավան | |
|---|---|
  Hovsepavan | |
| Coordinates: 39°55′01.5″N 46°45′42.4″E / 39.917083°N 46.761778°E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| • District | Khojaly |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
| • Total | 176 |
| Time zone | UTC 4 (AZT) |
Hovsepavan (Armenian: Հովսեփավան) is a village located in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population[2] until the exodus of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.[3]
History
[edit]Hovsepavan was founded during the period of the Karabakh movement in Nagorno-Karabakh.[4] During the Soviet period, the area around the village was a part of the Askeran District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
After the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, Artsakh launched the construction of a new residential area for 92 displaced families in the village.[5]
Geography
[edit]Hovsepavan is situated on the flatlands, 9 km to the west of Askeran, the regional centre, and 15 km to the north of Stepanakert, the capital of Artsakh.[6]
Economy and culture
[edit]The population of the village is mostly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry, with the majority of the village lands being agricultural. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a house of culture, a school, and a medical centre.[6][1]
Demographics
[edit]The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, had 128 inhabitants in 2005,[7] and 176 inhabitants in 2015.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
- ^ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
- ^ Sauer, Pjotr (2 October 2023). "'It's a ghost town': UN arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh to find ethnic Armenians have fled". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ "ՀՈՎՍԵՓԱՎԱՆ. ԵՍ ԿԱՌՈՒՑՈՒՄ ԵՄ ԻՄ ՀՈՂԻ ՎՐԱ". Berdpress. 2019-06-19.
- ^ "New residential district being built in the Hovsepavan community". aravot-en.am. 2021-09-16.
- ^ a b "Hovsepavan Deep Water Well". Hayastan All Armenian Fund.
- ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
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[edit]Capital: Askeran | ||
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