Hovsepavan

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Hovsepavan
Հովսեփավան
Hovsepavan is located in Republic of Artsakh
Hovsepavan
Hovsepavan
Coordinates: 39°55′01.5″N 46°45′42.4″E / 39.917083°N 46.761778°E / 39.917083; 46.761778Coordinates: 39°55′01.5″N 46°45′42.4″E / 39.917083°N 46.761778°E / 39.917083; 46.761778
Country (de facto) Artsakh
 • ProvinceAskeran
Country (de jure) Azerbaijan
 • DistrictKhojaly
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total176
Time zoneUTC+4 (AMT)

Hovsepavan (Armenian: Հովսեփավան) is a village de facto in the Askeran Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh, de jure in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan.

History[]

Hovsepavan was founded during the period of the Karabakh movement in Nagorno-Karabakh.[2] 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.[3]

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.[4]

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.[4][1]

Demographics[]

The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, had 128 inhabitants in 2005,[5] 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. ^ "ՀՈՎՍԵՓԱՎԱՆ. ԵՍ ԿԱՌՈՒՑՈՒՄ ԵՄ ԻՄ ՀՈՂԻ ՎՐԱ". Berdpress. 2019-06-19.
  3. ^ "New residential district being built in the Hovsepavan community". aravot-en.am. 2021-09-16.
  4. ^ a b "Hovsepavan Deep Water Well". Hayastan All Armenian Fund.
  5. ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.

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