Myurishen Մյուրիշեն | |
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Mirikənd | |
WWII memorial in Myurishen | |
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Coordinates: 39°50′33″N 46°55′10″E / 39.84250°N 46.91944°E / 39.84250; 46.91944 | |
Country | Azerbaijan |
• District | Khojavend |
Population | |
• Total | 160 |
Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Myurishen (Armenian: Մյուրիշեն, also Mirushen, Միրուշեն) or Mirikend (Azerbaijani: Mirikənd) is a village in the Khojavend 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 Martuni District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Historical heritage sites
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a cemetery from between the 15th and 17th centuries, the church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit. 'Holy Mother of God') built in 1869, and a 19th-century watermill.
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.
Demographics
The village had 200 inhabitants in 2005, and 160 inhabitants in 2015. The Armenian population was expelled in 2023 after Azerbaijan's military offensive that led to the dissolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.
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.
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Martuni Province | ||
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Capital: Martuni | ||
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