| Khramort / Pirlar Խրամորթ / Pirlər | |
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  Khramort / Pirlar | |
| Coordinates: 39°59′31″N 46°50′12.9″E / 39.99194°N 46.836917°E / 39.99194; 46.836917 | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| • District | Khojaly |
| Elevation | 575 m (1,886 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 524 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Khramort (Armenian: Խրամորթ; Azerbaijani: Xramort) or Pirlar (Azerbaijani: Pirlər) is a village located in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed 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 Askeran District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Armenpress reported that Azerbaijan continuously violated the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement in the direction of the village.
Historical heritage sites
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a 13th-century khachkar, the 19th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit. 'Holy Mother of God'), a 19th/20th-century cemetery, as well as World War II and Artsakh War memorials.
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.
Demographics
The village had 403 inhabitants in 2005, and 524 inhabitants in 2015.
References
- ^ Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
- "Azərbaycan Respublikasının bəzi rayonlarının inzibati-ərazi bölgüsündə qismən dəyişikliklər edilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikasının Qanunu". e-qanun.az. 1999-10-05. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
- 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.
- "Azerbaijan again violates ceasefire in Khramort direction in Artsakh". Armenpress. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
External links
| Askeran Province | ||
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| Capital: Askeran | ||
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| Not under Artsakh control | ||
