Gishi, Nagorno-Karabakh

Gishi Գիշի
Kiş
Gishi
Coordinates: 39°46′31″N 47°01′13″E
Country	Azerbaijan
• District	Khojavend
Population  (2015)[1]
• Total	1,115
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)

Gishi (Armenian: Գիշի, also Gish, Գիշ) or Kish (Azerbaijani: Kiş) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed 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

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 18th/19th-century shrine of Voske Khach (Armenian: Ոսկե խաչ), and an 18th/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 secondary school, six shops, and a medical centre.[1]

Demographics

The village had 1,234 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 1,115 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

Gallery

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  Voske Khach shrine
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  First Nagorno-Karabakh War monument
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  Bjamal spring
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  Cemetery in the village

References

1. 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.

External links

• Gishi, Nagorno-Karabakh at GEOnet Names Server