Mehmana

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Mehmana
Մէհմանա
Μεχμανά
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Mehmana is located in Republic of Artsakh
Mehmana
Mehmana
Coordinates: 40°09′10″N 46°40′09″E / 40.15278°N 46.66917°E / 40.15278; 46.66917Coordinates: 40°09′10″N 46°40′09″E / ���40.15278°N 46.66917°E / 40.15278; 46.66917
Country (de facto) Artsakh
 • ProvinceMartakert
Country (de jure) Azerbaijan
 • DistrictKalbajar
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total26
Time zoneUTC+4 (AMT)

Mehmana (Armenian: Մեհմանա, Greek: Μεχμανά) is a village de facto in the Martakert Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh, de jure in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan.

History[]

Metal ore has historically been mined in the area of the village, including silver and lead. From the beginning of the 19th century, Pontic Greeks from present-day Turkey settled in Mehmana, with many coming to mine the ore found in the area.[2]

During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Mardakert District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. During the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was captured by Azerbaijani forces during the Mardakert and Martuni Offensives, and was almost completely destroyed, with the population fleeing and many moving to Greece. After the war, Artsakh rebuilt six houses in the village.[2] As of 2010, only one Greek resident remains in Mehmana.[3]

Historical heritage sites[]

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include tombs from the 2nd-1st millennium BC, a 12th/13th-century cemetery, the Panaya Church (Armenian: Պանայա Եկեղեցի) built in 1249, the St. Astvatsatsin Church built in 1228, and a 13th-century khachkar.[1]

Economy and culture[]

The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, and an aid station.[1]

Demographics[]

The village had 27 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 26 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

Gallery[]

  • Sign reading "Mehmana" in Armenian

  • Cemetery

  • Mehmana school

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  2. ^ a b "Селу Мехмана – триста лет | Статьи | Главная | Научно-культурологический журнал".
  3. ^ "«Հունաբնակ» գյուղի միակ հույնը". Azatutyun. 2010-07-10.
  4. ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.

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