Kherkhan

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Kherkhan
Խերխան
Xərxan
Kherkhan is located in Republic of Artsakh
Kherkhan
Kherkhan
Coordinates: 39°43′24″N 46°56′46″E / 39.72333°N 46.94611°E / 39.72333; 46.94611Coordinates: 39°43′24″N 46°56′46″E / 39.72333°N 46.94611°E / 39.72333; 46.94611
Country (de facto) Artsakh
 • ProvinceMartuni
Country (de jure) Azerbaijan
 • DistrictKhojavend
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total140
Time zoneUTC+4 (AMT)

Kherkhan (Armenian: Խերխան; Azerbaijani: Xərxan) is a village de facto in the Martuni Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh, de jure in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan. The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[2] The village lost 10% of its population as a result of both Nagorno-Karabakh wars.[3]

History[]

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

Demographics[]

The village had 111 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 140 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

Notable people[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ Mariam Avetisyan. "THE DESIRE TO LIVE: Kherkhan Episode 2 (Season 2)". Youtube.
  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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