Zardanashen

Zardanashen (Armenian: Զարդանաշեն; Azerbaijani: Zərdanaşen) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[3]

Zardanashen
Զարդանաշեն
Zərdanaşen
Zardanashen is located in Azerbaijan
Zardanashen
Zardanashen
Zardanashen is located in Republic of Artsakh
Zardanashen
Zardanashen
Coordinates: 39°40′03″N 46°52′50″E
Country Azerbaijan
 Republic of Artsakh (claimed)[1]
DistrictKhojavend
Population
 (2015)[2]
 • Total101
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

History

During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Martuni District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. After the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was administrated as part of the Martuni Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village was captured by Azerbaijan on 9 November 2020, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the 18th/19th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit. 'Holy Mother of God').[2]

Demographics

The village had 95 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 101 inhabitants in 2015.[2]

References
  1. "Արցախի տարածքները համարվում են օկուպացված Ադրբեջանի կողմից. ԱՀ ԱԺ հայտարարությունը" [The territories of the Artsakh Republic, which are under the control of Azerbaijan so far, are considered to be occupied by the Republic of Azerbaijan]. armenpress.am (in Armenian). 1 March 2021. Archived from the original on 7 March 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  2. Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  3. Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
  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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