Yeghtsahogh

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Yeghtsahogh / Sarybaba
Եղցահող / Sarıbaba
Եղցահող գյուղի համայնապատկեր.jpg
Yeghtsahogh / Sarybaba is located in Republic of Artsakh
Yeghtsahogh / Sarybaba
Yeghtsahogh / Sarybaba
Coordinates: 39°40′38″N 46°35′15″E / 39.67722°N 46.58750°E / 39.67722; 46.58750Coordinates: 39°40′38″N 46°35′15″E / 39.67722°N 46.58750°E / 39.67722; 46.58750
Country (de facto) Artsakh
 • ProvinceShushi
Country (de jure) Azerbaijan
 • DistrictShusha
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total118
Time zoneUTC+4

Yeghtsahogh (Armenian: Եղցահող; Azerbaijani: Yextsahoğ) or Sarybaba (Azerbaijani: Sarıbaba) is a village that is, de facto, in the Shushi Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh; de jure, it is in the Shusha 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 part of the Shusha District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.

Historical heritage sites[]

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a cemetery from between the 17th and 19th centuries, the 18th/19th-century church of St. Astvatsatsin, an 18th/19th-century religious shrine, and the church of St. Sarkis built in 2003.[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. The Yeghtsahogh branch of the Shushi Children's Music School is also located in the village. The Yeghtsahogh community includes the villages of Kanach Tala and Tasy Verst.[1]

Demographics[]

The village had 132 inhabitants in 2005,[3] and 118 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.

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