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Ashan Աշան
Heşan
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Coordinates: 39°50′47″N 46°59′49″E / 39.84639°N 46.99694°E / 39.84639; 46.99694
Country	Azerbaijan
• District	Khojavend
Elevation	745 m (2,444 ft)
Population
• Total	544
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)

Ashan (Armenian: Աշան) or Heshan (Azerbaijani: Heşan) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed 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 Martuni District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a 7th-century chapel, a 17th/18th-century village and cemetery, and the 19th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit. 'Holy Mother of God').

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, a kindergarten, and a medical centre.

Demographics

The village had 588 inhabitants in 2005, and 544 inhabitants in 2015.

References

1. ^ 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.

External links

• Ashan, Nagorno-Karabakh at GEOnet Names Server

v t e Martuni Province
Capital: Martuni
Urban communities	Martuni Chartar
Rural communities	Ashan Avdur Berdashen Gishi Haghorti Hatsi Herher Kaghartsi Kajavan Kavahan Kakavadzor Karahunj Karmir Shuka Kert Kherkhan Khnushinak Kolkhozashen Machkalashen Msmna Mushkapat Myurishen Nngi Norshen Paravatumb Skhtorashen Sos Spitakashen Taghavard Tsovategh Varanda Yemishchan
Not under Artsakh control	Zoravan (Nerkin Chartar) Jivani Sargsashen Shekher Vazgenashen Zardanashen

v t e Khojavend District
Capital: Khojavend (Martuni)
Ağbulaq Ağbulaq Ağcakənd Ağdam Ağkənd Arakül Arpadüzü Arpagədik Ataqut Avdur Axullu Azıx Binə Binədərəsi Böyük Tağlar Bulutan Bünyadlı Cəmiyyət Cilən Cütcü Çağadüz Çartar Çaylaqqala Çinarlı Çiraquz Çörəkli Dağdöşü Daşbaşı Dərəkənd Dolanlar Düdükçü Edilli Edişə Əmiranlar Gavahın Günəşli Güneyxırman Hadrut Heşan Hünərli Kəndxurd Kiş Köhnə Tağlar Kuropatkino Məlikcanlı Məmməddərə Mirikənd Muğanlı Mülküdərə Müşkapat Petrosashen Qağartsi Qaradağlı Qarakənd Qarazəmi Qarıtəpə Qarqar Qırmızı Bazar Qırmızıqaya Qoçbəyli Quşçular Quzeyxırman Quzumkənd Salakətin Sor Sos Spitakşen Susanlıq Şahyeri Şexer Şıx Dursun Tağaser Tağaverd Tuğ Xanoba Xərxan Xırmancıq Yemişcan Yenikənd Zavadıx Zərdanaşen Zoğalbulaq

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