Xərxan,_Khojavend

Kherkhan

Kherkhan

Place

Kherkhan (Armenian: Խերխան; Azerbaijani: Xərxan) is a village located in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[2] The village lost 10% of its population as a result of both Nagorno-Karabakh wars.[3]

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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 cemetery of Khacher (Armenian: Խաչեր, lit. 'Crosses') from between the 11th and 14th centuries, the 19th-century St. George's Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Գևորգ եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Gevorg Yekeghetsi), and a 19th-century spring monument.[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 school, and a medical centre.[1]

Demographics

The village had 111 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 140 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

Notable people

References

  1. [1]
    Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  2. [2]
    Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
  3. [3]
    Mariam Avetisyan. "THE DESIRE TO LIVE: Kherkhan Episode 2 (Season 2)". Youtube.
  4. [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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