Khandzk

Khandzk / Khanyeri

Խանձք / Xanyeri
Khandzk / Khanyeri Խանձք / Xanyeri
	Khandzk / Khanyeri Khandzk / Khanyeri
	Coordinates: 39°56′02″N 46°40′43″E / 39.93389°N 46.67861°E
Country	Azerbaijan
• District	Khojaly
Population (2015)
• Total	261
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)

Khandzk (Armenian: Խանձք, also Khantsk, Խանցք) or Khanyeri (Azerbaijani: Xanyeri) is a village in the Khojaly 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 expulsion of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh by Azerbaijan following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.^[3]

History

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

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the 11th-century church of Vardapetin Khut (Armenian: Վարդապետին Խութ), the 12th/13th-century shrine of Jukhtak Khach (Armenian: Ջուխտակ խաչ), a 13th-century village, chapel and khachkar, the 13th-century St. John's Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Հովհաննես եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Hovhannes Yekeghetsi), St. Stephen's Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Ստեփանոս եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Stepanos Yekeghetsi) built in 1673, 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, two shops, and a medical centre.^[1]

Demographics

The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, had 231 inhabitants in 2005,^[4] and 261 inhabitants in 2015.^[1]

Gallery

St. Stephen's Church
River

References

1 2 3 4 Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
↑ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com. Archived from the original on 2020-10-20.
↑ 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.

External links

[2015statistics-1] 1 2 3 4 Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".

[2] Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com. Archived from the original on 2020-10-20.

[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.

[2005nkrcensus-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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Khandzk / Khanyeri Խանձք / Xanyeri

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Coordinates: 39°56′02″N 46°40′43″E / 39.93389°N 46.67861°E / 39.93389; 46.67861
Country	Azerbaijan
• District	Khojaly
Population (2015)^[1]
• Total	261
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)