Khnkavan / Khangutala Խնկավան / Xanqutala | |
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Coordinates: 40°06′48″N 46°27′44″E / 40.11333°N 46.46222°E / 40.11333; 46.46222 | |
Country | Azerbaijan |
• District | Kalbajar |
Population | |
• Total | 193 |
Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Khnkavan (Armenian: Խնկավան) or Khangutala (Azerbaijani: Xanqutala) is a village that is located in the Kalbajar 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 part of the Mardakert District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Economy and culture
The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, the Khnkavan branch of the Vaghuhas Secondary School, and a medical centre.
Demographics
The village had 169 inhabitants in 2005, and 193 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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Capital: Martakert | ||
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