Dahrav
Dahrav / Gayabashy Դահրավ / Qayabaşı | |
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![]() The gate of the Dahrav school | |
39°53′37″N 46°41′58″E / 39.89361°N 46.69944°E / 39.89361; 46.69944 | |
Country | ![]() |
• District | Khojaly |
Elevation | 863 m (2,831 ft) |
Population (2015)[1] | |
• Total | 179 |
Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Dahrav (Armenian: Դահրավ) or Gayabashy[2] (Azerbaijani: Qayabaşı) is a village in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population[3] until the exodus of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.[4]
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 mural khachkars from 1081 and 1276, the 12th/13th-century church of Sren Nahatak (Armenian: Սռեն նահատակ), a 12th/13th-century chapel, a cemetery from between the 16th and 19th centuries, the 17th/18th-century shrine of Yeghtsahogh (Armenian: Եղցահող), an 18th/19th-century shrine, a 19th-century spring monument, the spring monument of Raffi (Armenian: Րաֆֆի) from 1800, and the 19th-century St. John's Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Հովհաննես եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Hovhannes Yekeghetsi).[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 school, and a medical centre.[1]
Demographics
The village had 216 inhabitants in 2005,[5] and 179 inhabitants in 2015.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
- ^ Azərbaycan Respublikasının bəzi yaşayış məntəqələrinin tarixi adlarının bərpası və dəqiqləşdirilməsi haqqında. 29 December 1992.
- ^ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
- ^ Sauer, Pjotr (2 October 2023). "'It's a ghost town': UN arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh to find ethnic Armenians have fled". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
External links
- Dahrav at GEOnet Names Server
- A short documentary about the village on YouTube
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