Vaghuhas

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Vaghuhas
Վաղուհաս
Qozlu
Вагуас3.jpg
Vaghuhas is located in Republic of Artsakh
Vaghuhas
Vaghuhas
Coordinates: 40°06′52″N 46°28′47″E / 40.11444°N 46.47972°E / 40.11444; 46.47972Coordinates: 40°06′52″N 46°28′47″E / 40.11444°N 46.47972°E / 40.11444; 46.47972
Country (de facto) Artsakh
 • ProvinceMartakert
Country (de jure) Azerbaijan
 • DistrictKalbajar
Elevation
988 m (3,241 ft)
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total678
Time zoneUTC+4 (AMT)

Vaghuhas (Armenian: Վաղուհաս) or Gozlu (Azerbaijani: Qozlu) is a village de facto in the Martakert Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh, de jure in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan. The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[2]

History[]

The monastery of Khatravank (Armenian: Խաթրավանք) built in 1204, near Vaghuhas

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 ruins of the ancient Armenian settlement of Mayrakahag (Armenian: Մայրաքաղաք), including the Tiramayr Monastery (Armenian: Տիրամայր Վանք) built in 1183,[3] an 8th/9th-century chapel, a 12th/13th-century cemetery, the monastery of Khatravank (Armenian: Խաթրավանք) built in 1204, the monastery of Karmir Vank (Armenian: Կարմիր վանք) built in 1224, and the medieval village of Hin Vaghuhas (Armenian: Հին Վաղուհաս, lit. 'Old Vaghuhas').[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, seven shops, and a medical centre.[1]

Demographics[]

The village had 638 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 678 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

Gallery[]

  • Scenery around Vaghuhas

  • Forest near the village

  • A sign in Armenian reading "Vaghuhas"

  • Khachkars of Khatravank

  • Forest near the village

  • Aerial view of Vaghuhas

  • Interior of Khatravank

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. ^ Ш. Мкртчян / Майракахак или монастырь Тирамайр /Историко-архитектурные памятники Нагорно-Карабаха/ стр. 47-48 (360)
  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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