Rev, Nagorno-Karabakh

Rev / Shalva Ռև / Şəlvə
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Coordinates: 39°59′09″N 46°42′50″E / 39.98583°N 46.71389°E / 39.98583; 46.71389Coordinates: 39°59′09″N 46°42′50″E / 39.98583°N 46.71389°E / 39.98583; 46.71389
Country (de facto)	Artsakh
• Province	Askeran
Country (de jure)	Azerbaijan
• District	Khojaly
Elevation	984 m (3,228 ft)
Population  (2015)[1]
• Total	110
Time zone	UTC+4 (AMT)

Rev (Armenian: Ռև, also Rrev) or Shalva (Azerbaijani: Şəlvə) is a village that is, de facto, in the Askeran Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh; de jure, it is in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan.

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 an 18th/19th-century cemetery, St. Stephen's Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Ստեփանոս եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Stepanos Yekeghetsi) built in 1894, and a 19th-century spring monument.^[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, and a medical centre. Students study in the secondary school of the neighboring village of Tsaghkashat.^[1]

Demographics[]

The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population. It had 113 inhabitants in 2005,^[2] and 110 inhabitants in 2015.^[1]

Gallery[]

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  Scenery

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  St. Stephen's Church

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  Municipal building

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  First aid station

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  Buildings in the village

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  WWII memorial

References[]

External links[]

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