Hovsepavan

Hovsepavan
Հովսեփավան
Hovsepavan is located in Azerbaijan
Hovsepavan
Hovsepavan
Coordinates: 39°55′01.5″N 46°45′42.4″E / 39.917083°N 46.761778°E / 39.917083; 46.761778
Country Azerbaijan
 • DistrictKhojaly
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total
176
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Hovsepavan (Armenian: Հովսեփավան) is a village located 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 exodus of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.[3]

History

Hovsepavan was founded during the period of the Karabakh movement in Nagorno-Karabakh.[4] During the Soviet period, the area around the village was a part of the Askeran District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.

After the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, Artsakh launched the construction of a new residential area for 92 displaced families in the village.[5]

Geography

Hovsepavan is situated on the flatlands, 9 km to the west of Askeran, the regional centre, and 15 km to the north of Stepanakert, the capital of Artsakh.[6]

Economy and culture

The population of the village is mostly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry, with the majority of the village lands being agricultural. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a house of culture, a school, and a medical centre.[6][1]

Demographics

The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, had 128 inhabitants in 2005,[7] and 176 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c 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. ^ "ՀՈՎՍԵՓԱՎԱՆ. ԵՍ ԿԱՌՈՒՑՈՒՄ ԵՄ ԻՄ ՀՈՂԻ ՎՐԱ". Berdpress. 2019-06-19.
  5. ^ "New residential district being built in the Hovsepavan community". aravot-en.am. 2021-09-16.
  6. ^ a b "Hovsepavan Deep Water Well". Hayastan All Armenian Fund.
  7. ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.