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Khandzk

Coordinates: 39°56′02″N 46°40′43″E / 39.93389°N 46.67861°E / 39.93389; 46.67861
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Khandzk / Khanyeri
Խանձք / Xanyeri
Khandzk / Khanyeri is located in Azerbaijan
Khandzk / Khanyeri
Khandzk / Khanyeri
Khandzk / Khanyeri is located in Karabakh Economic Region
Khandzk / Khanyeri
Khandzk / Khanyeri
Coordinates: 39°56′02″N 46°40′43″E / 39.93389°N 46.67861°E / 39.93389; 46.67861
Country Azerbaijan
 • DistrictKhojaly
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total261
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Khandzk (Armenian: Խանձք, also Khantsk, Խանցք) or Khanyeri (Azerbaijani: Xanyeri) is a village 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

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

Historical heritage sites

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Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the 11th-century church of Vardapetin Khut (Armenian: Վարդապետին Խութ), the 12th/13th-century shrine of Jukhtak Khach (Armenian: Ջուխտակ խաչ), a 13th-century village, chapel and khachkar, the 13th-century St. John's Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Հովհաննես եկեղեցի, romanizedSurb Hovhannes Yekeghetsi), St. Stephen's Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Ստեփանոս եկեղեցի, romanizedSurb Stepanos Yekeghetsi) built in 1673, and a 19th-century spring monument.[1]

Economy and culture

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The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a house of culture, a school, two shops, and a medical centre.[1]

Demographics

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The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, had 231 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 261 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d 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. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
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