Khnapat

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Khnapat / Khanabad
Խնապատ / Xanabad
Խնապատի, համայնապատկեր.jpg
Khnapat / Khanabad is located in Republic of Artsakh
Khnapat / Khanabad
Khnapat / Khanabad
Coordinates: 39°58′08″N 46°49′01″E / 39.96889°N 46.81694°E / 39.96889; 46.81694Coordinates: 39°58′08″N 46°49′01″E / 39.96889°N 46.81694°E / 39.96889; 46.81694
Country (de facto) Artsakh
 • ProvinceAskeran
Country (de jure) Azerbaijan
 • DistrictKhojaly
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total1,042
Time zoneUTC+4 (AMT)

Khnapat (Armenian: Խնապատ) or Khanabad (Armenian: Խանաբադ; Azerbaijani: Xanabad) is a village de facto in the Askeran Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh, de jure in the Khojaly 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 Askeran District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.

Historical heritage sites[]

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the nearby ruined village of Jrver (Armenian: Ջրվեր) from between the 12th and 17th centuries, the ruined village of Verin Ghlijbagh (Armenian: Վերին Ղլիջբաղ) from between the 12th and 19th centuries 3 km to the west of Khnapat, a 9th/13th-century khachkar, a chapel built in 1224, the medieval cave-shrine of Mets Nan (Armenian: Մեծ նան), a 17th-century cemetery, the ruined village of Yereshen (Armenian: Երեշեն) from between the 18th and 20th centuries, the 19th-century St. Astvatsatsin Church, and a 19th/20th-century cemetery.[1][3]

Economy and culture[]

The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry, as well as in different state institutions. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a house of culture, a secondary school, a music school, a kindergarten, three shops, and a medical centre.[1]

Demographics[]

The village had 827 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 1,042 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

Gallery[]

  • Landscape

  • Panorama

  • Scenery

  • Playground

  • Church

  • School

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d 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. ^ Kiesling, Brady; Kojian, Raffi (2019). Rediscovering Armenia: An in-depth inventory of villages and monuments in Armenia and Artsakh (3rd ed.). Armeniapedia Publishing.
  4. ^ Population of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (2005)

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