Gochbeyli (Azerbaijani: Qoçbəyli) or Aygestan (Armenian: Այգեստան) 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.[2]
Gochbeyli / Aygestan
Qoçbəyli / Այգեստան | |
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  Gochbeyli / Aygestan | |
| Coordinates: 39°30′26″N 47°04′10″E / 39.50722°N 47.06944°E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| District | Khojavend |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
• Total | 316 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
History
editDuring the Soviet period, the village was part of the Hadrut District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast within the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic. After the First Nagorno-Karabakh War the village was administrated as part of the Hadrut Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village came under the control of Azerbaijan during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.
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editDemographics
editReferences
edit- 1 2 3 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. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
- ↑ "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 2022-05-10.
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