| Kert / Guzumkend Քերթ / Quzumkənd | |
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  Kert / Guzumkend | |
| Coordinates: 39°44′30″N 46°59′43″E / 39.74167°N 46.99528°E / 39.74167; 46.99528 | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| • District | Khojavend |
| Population | |
| • Total | 572 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Kert (Armenian: Քերթ) or Guzumkend (Azerbaijani: Quzumkənd) 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 the 19th-century St. George's Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Գևորգ եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Gevorg Yekeghetsi).
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, two shops, and a medical centre.
Demographics
The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population and had 567 inhabitants in 2005, and 572 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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