Ashan, Nagorno-Karabakh
Ashan
Աշան | |
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Heşan | |
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Coordinates: 39°50′47″N 46°59′49″E / 39.84639°N 46.99694°ECoordinates: 39°50′47″N 46°59′49″E / 39.84639°N 46.99694°E | |
Country (de facto) | ![]() |
• Province | Martuni |
Country (de jure) | ![]() |
• District | Khojavend |
Elevation | 745 m (2,444 ft) |
Population (2015)[1] | |
• Total | 544 |
Time zone | UTC+4 (AMT) |
Ashan (Armenian: Աշան) or Heshan (Azerbaijani: Heşan) is a village de facto in the Martuni Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh, de jure in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan. The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[2]
History[]
During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Martuni District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Demographics[]
The village had 588 inhabitants in 2005,[3] and 544 inhabitants in 2015.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
- ^ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
- ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
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Categories:
- Populated places in Martuni Province
- Populated places in Khojavend District
- Republic of Artsakh stubs
- Khojavend District geography stubs