Tsmakahogh / Bazarkend Ծմակահող / Bazarkənd | |
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St. Stephen's Church (1229) near Tsmakahogh | |
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Coordinates: 40°03′32.4″N 46°35′02.7″E / 40.059000°N 46.584083°E / 40.059000; 46.584083 | |
Country | Azerbaijan |
• District | Aghdara |
Population | |
• Total | 261 |
Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Tsmakahogh (Armenian: Ծմակահող) or Bazarkend (Azerbaijani: Bazarkənd) is a village in the Aghdara 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 until the exodus of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.
History
During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Mardakert District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Historical heritage sites
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a 12th/13th-century cemetery, St. Stephen's Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Ստեփանոս եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Stepanos Yekeghetsi) built in 1229, and the 13th-century Mamkan Church (Armenian: Մամքան Եկեղեցի).
Economy and culture
The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a school, two shops, and a medical centre.
Demographics
The village had 228 inhabitants in 2005, and 261 inhabitants in 2015.
References
- ^ 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.
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