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Khnushinak

Khnushinak
Խնուշինակ
Xanoba
Scenery around Khnushinak
Scenery around Khnushinak
Khnushinak is located in Azerbaijan
Khnushinak
Khnushinak
Coordinates: 39°45′51.8″N 47°02′25.8″E / 39.764389°N 47.040500°E / 39.764389; 47.040500
Country Azerbaijan
 • DistrictKhojavend
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total
615
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Khnushinak (Armenian: Խնուշինակ) or Khanoba (Azerbaijani: Xanoba) 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]

History

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

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the 19th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit. 'Holy Mother of God'), and the 19th/20th-century village of Hin Khnushinak (Armenian: Հին Խնուշինակ, lit. 'Old Khnushinak')[1]

Economy and culture

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, two shops, and a medical centre.[1]

Demographics

The village had 664 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 615 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

  • St. Astvatsatsin Church
    St. Astvatsatsin Church
  • St. Astvatsatsin Church interior
    St. Astvatsatsin Church interior
  • A monument for the fallen in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War
    A monument for the fallen in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War
  • The ruined village of Hin Khnushinak
    The ruined village of Hin Khnushinak

References

  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.
Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanoba