Sos, Nagorno-Karabakh

Sos Սոս
Sos
Coordinates: 39°42′46″N 47°00′33″E
Country	Azerbaijan
• District	Khojavend
Population  (2015)[1]
• Total	1,089
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)

Sos (Armenian: Սոս) 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

Amaras Monastery near Sos

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 Amaras Monastery (established in the 4th century, rebuilt in 1858), the 5th/6th-century St. Lusavorich monastic complex and pilgrimage site, the 19th-century St. George's Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Գևորգ եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Gevorg Yekeghetsi), and the Tevosants spring monument (1902).[1][4]

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, a kindergarten, three shops, and a medical centre.[1]

Demographics

The village had 1,016 inhabitants in 2005,[5] and 1,089 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

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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. Kiesling, Brady; Kojian, Raffi (2019). Rediscovering Armenia: An in-depth inventory of villages and monuments in Armenia and Artsakh (3rd ed.). Armeniapedia Publishing.
5. "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.

External links

• Sos, Nagorno-Karabakh at GEOnet Names Server
• A short documentary about the village on YouTube