| Kavahan / Gavahyn Կավահան / Gavahın | |
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  Kavahan / Gavahyn | |
| Coordinates: 39°45′50″N 46°54′53″E / 39.76389°N 46.91472°E / 39.76389; 46.91472 | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| • District | Khojavend |
| Population | |
| • Total | 75 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Kavahan (Armenian: Կավահան, also Ghavakhan, Ղավախան) or Gavahyn (Azerbaijani: Gavahın) is a village located in the Khojavend 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 until the exodus of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.
History
During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Martuni District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Historical heritage sites
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a 16th-century khachkar, a 17th/18th-century cemetery, and the church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit. 'Holy Mother of God') built in 1871.
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, the Kavahan branch of the Kolkhozashen Secondary School, and a medical centre.
Demographics
The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, had 124 inhabitants in 2005, and 75 inhabitants in 2015.
References
- ^ Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
- 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
| Martuni Province | ||
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| Capital: Martuni | ||
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| Not under Artsakh control |
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