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Place in Khojavend, Azerbaijan
Yemishchan ԵմիշճանYemişcan
Yemishchan is located in AzerbaijanYemishchanYemishchanShow map of AzerbaijanYemishchan is located in Karabakh Economic RegionYemishchanYemishchanShow map of Karabakh Economic Region
Coordinates: 39°49′51″N 47°00′39″E / 39.83083°N 47.01083°E / 39.83083; 47.01083
Country Azerbaijan
 • DistrictKhojavend
Elevation794 m (2,605 ft)
Population
 • Total178
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Yemishchan (Armenian: Եմիշճան; Azerbaijani: Yemişcan, also Yemishjan) 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 the 19th-century St. Stephen's Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Ստեփանոս եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Stepanos Yekeghetsi).

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 school, and a medical centre.

Demographics

The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, had 194 inhabitants in 2005, and 178 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.

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Martuni Province
Capital: Martuni
Urban communities
Rural communities
Not under Artsakh control
Khojavend District
Capital: Khojavend (Martuni)
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