Machkalashen
Machkalashen
Մաճկալաշեն | |
|---|---|
| Cütcü | |
Machkalashen is located in Azerbaijan Machkalashen Machkalashen | |
| Coordinates: 39°41′38′′N 47°01′44′′E / 39.69389°N 47.02889°E / 39.69389; 47.02889 | |
| Country | Azerbaijan |
| • District | Khojavend |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
• Total | 546 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Machkalashen (Armenian: Մաճկալաշեն; Azerbaijani: Cütcü) is a village located in the Khojavend 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] The Amaras Monastery is located close to the village.
History
[edit ]During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Martuni District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Economy and culture
[edit ]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.[1]
Demographics
[edit ]The village had 593 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 546 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.
- ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
External links
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