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Harutyunagomer, Nagorno-Karabakh

Coordinates: 40°07′32″N 46°30′58″E / 40.12556°N 46.51611°E / 40.12556; 46.51611
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Harutyunagomer / Gyzylgaya
Հարությունագոմեր / Qızılqaya
Harutyunagomer / Gyzylgaya is located in Azerbaijan
Harutyunagomer / Gyzylgaya
Harutyunagomer / Gyzylgaya
Harutyunagomer / Gyzylgaya is located in East Zangezur Economic Region
Harutyunagomer / Gyzylgaya
Harutyunagomer / Gyzylgaya
Coordinates: 40°07′32″N 46°30′58″E / 40.12556°N 46.51611°E / 40.12556; 46.51611
Country Azerbaijan
 • DistrictKalbajar
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total
517
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Harutyunagomer (Armenian: Հարությունագոմեր) or Gyzylgaya (Azerbaijani: Qızılqaya) is a village 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[2] until the exodus of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.[3]

History

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During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Mardakert District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.

Historical heritage sites

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Historical heritage sites in and around the village include tombs from the 2nd–1st millennia BCE, a medieval village, as well as an 18th/19th-century church and cemetery.[1]

Economy and culture

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The village has a municipal building, a medical centre, five shops, and a secondary school.[1]

Demographics

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The village had 400 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 517 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-03-02. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
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