Khnushinak
Khnushinak
Խնուշինակ Xanoba | |
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  Khnushinak | |
| Coordinates: 39°45′51.8″N 47°02′25.8″E / 39.764389°N 47.040500°E / 39.764389; 47.040500 | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| • District | Khojavend |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
| • Total | 615 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Khnushinak (Armenian: Խնուշինակ) or Khanoba (Azerbaijani: Xanoba) is a village located in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village has an ethnic Armenian population, and had an Armenian majority in 1989.[2]
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,[3] and 615 inhabitants in 2015.[1]
Gallery
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St. Astvatsatsin Church
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St. Astvatsatsin Church interior
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A monument for the fallen in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War
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The ruined village of Hin Khnushinak
References
- ^ a b c d Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
- ^ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
- ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
External links
- Khnushinak at GEOnet Names Server
Capital: Martuni | ||
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| Not under Artsakh control |
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