Tonashen

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Tonashen
Տոնաշեն
Təpəkənd
Village entrance, 2011
Village entrance, 2011
Tonashen is located in Republic of Artsakh
Tonashen
Tonashen
Coordinates: 40°18′10″N 46°41′26″E / 40.30278°N 46.69056°E / 40.30278; 46.69056Coordinates: 40°18′10″N 46°41′26″E / 40.30278°N 46.69056°E / 40.30278; 46.69056
Country (de facto) Artsakh
 • ProvinceMartakert
Country (de jure) Azerbaijan
 • DistrictTartar
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total84
Time zoneUTC+4 (AMT)

Tonashen (Armenian: Տոնաշեն; Azerbaijani: Tonaşen) or Tapakend (Azerbaijani: Təpəkənd) is a village de facto in the Martakert Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh, de jure in the Tartar 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 Mardakert District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.

Historical heritage sites[]

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the Jraberd Fortress (Armenian: Ջրաբերդ) from between the 9th and 18th centuries, a medieval church, a 12th/13th-century cemetery, a 13th-century khachkar, the medieval village of Mets Tvot (Armenian: Մեծ Թթոտ), the 13th-century Kotrats Yeghtsi Church (Armenian: Կոտրած եղցի), and the Yerits Mankants Monastery (Armenian: Երից Մանկանց Վանք) built in 1691.[1]

Economy and culture[]

The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a secondary school, and a medical centre.[1]

Demographics[]

The village had 79 inhabitants in 2005,[3] and 84 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

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. ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.

External links[]

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