Mets Shen, Shusha

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Not to be confused with Mets Shen in Tartar District.
Mets Shen / Boyuk Galadarasi
Մեծ Շեն / Böyük Qaladərəsi
Mets Shen Skyline.jpg
Mets Shen / Boyuk Galadarasi is located in Republic of Artsakh
Mets Shen / Boyuk Galadarasi
Mets Shen / Boyuk Galadarasi
Coordinates: 39°39′30″N 46°36′07″E / 39.65833°N 46.60194°E / 39.65833; 46.60194Coordinates: 39°39′30″N 46°36′07″E / 39.65833°N 46.60194°E / 39.65833; 46.60194
Country (de facto) Artsakh
 • ProvinceShushi
Country (de jure) Azerbaijan
 • DistrictShusha
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total116
Time zoneUTC+4

Mets Shen (Armenian: Մեծ Շեն) or Boyuk Galadarasi (Azerbaijani: Böyük Qaladərəsi) is a village de facto in the Shushi Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh, de jure in the Shusha District of Azerbaijan. The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[2]

Toponymy[]

The village was known as Metskaladeresi (Russian: Мецкаладереси) during the Soviet period.[3]

History[]

During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Shusha District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.

Historical heritage sites[]

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the church of Parin Pizh (Armenian: Պարին Պիժ) built in 1658, and the 19th-century St. Astvatsatsin Church.[1]

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, and a medical centre.[1]

Demographics[]

The village had 92 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 116 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

Gallery[]

  • Parin Pizh Church

  • Mets Shen 2.jpg

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. ^ Landmine Mapper. "Azerbaijan (& Nagorno Karabakh) Topographic Map 1:200,000 Russian Soviet Military". GigaPan.
  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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