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Coordinates: 39°48′11″N 46°26′48″E / 39.80306°N 46.44667°E / 39.80306; 46.44667
Country	Azerbaijan
District	Lachin
Population
• Total	68
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)

Piçənis (Pichanis) is a village in the Lachin District of Azerbaijan.

History

The village was located in the Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, coming under the control of ethnic Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in the early 1990s. The village subsequently became part of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as part of its Kashatagh Province, where it was known as Vakunis (Armenian: Վակունիս). It was returned to Azerbaijan as part of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement.

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a medieval village, the medieval village of Aghjayaz (Armenian: Աղջայազ), two 13th-century khachkars, a 15th/16th-century khachkar, a 17th-century church, a 17th/18th-century tombstone, a 19th century cemetery, and a 19th-century mausoleum.

References

1. ^ Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".

External links

• Piçənis at GEOnet Names Server

v t e Lachin District
Capital: Lachin
Ağalaruşağı Ağanus Ağbulaq Ağcakənd Ağcayazı Ağoğlan Alıcan Alıqulu Alpout Alxaslı Arduşlu Aşağı Cicimli Aşağı Fərəcan Avazlar Ayıbasar Babadin Baldırğanlı Birinci İpək Birinci Tığik Bozdağan Bozgüney Bozlu Budaqdərə Bülövlük Bülüldüz Cağazur Cicimli Çəmbərəkənd Çıraqlı Çorman Dambulaq Daşlı Dəyhan Dəyirmanyanı Əhmədli Ələkçi Ərdəşəvi Ərəb Ərikli Əyrik Fərraş Fətəlipəyə Fingə Güləbird Hacılar Hacısamlı Hacıxanlı Haqnəzər Hətəmlər Hoçaz Hüsülü İkinci Tığik İmanlar İrçan Kaha Kalafalıq Kamallı Katos Kəravuz Korcabulaq Köhnə Çorman Köhnəkənd Kushchular Kürdhacı Lolabağırlı Malıbəy Malxələf Mayis Mazutlu Məlikpəyə Minkend Mirik Mişni Mığıdərə Mollalar Nağdalı Narışlar Nürəddin Oğuldərə Piçənis Pircahan Qalaça Qarabəyli Qaraçanlı Qarakeçdi Qarasaqqal Qarıkaha Qarıqışlaq Qayğı Qazıdərə Qılınclı Qışlaq Qızılca Qorçu Qoşasu Qovuşuq Qozlu Quşçu Sadınlar Sarıbaba Səfiyan Seyidlər Sonasar Soyuqbulaq Suarası Sus Şamkənd Şəlvə Şeylanlı Tərxanlı Təzəkənd Turşsu Türklər Uludüz Unannovu Vağazin Vəlibəyli Xaçınyalı Xanalılar Xırmanlar Xumarta Yuxarı Fərəcan Zabux Zağaltı Zerti Zeyvə Ziyrik

v t e Kashatagh Province
Rural communities	Aghanus Maratuk Meghvadzor Melikahogh
Not under Artsakh control	Berdzor Kashunik Kovsakan Mijnavan Aghadzor Aghavnatun Aghavno Aghbradzor Alashkert Amiryan Amutegh Ani Antaramej Aparan Arakhish Artashavi Arjadzor Artsakhamayr Artsvashen Arvakan Aygehovit Aygek Bazmatus Berdik Chormank Ditsmayri Drakhtadzor Dzorap Gahanist Gandza Getamej Getap Ghazarapat Gihut Goghtanik Hak Hakari Hale Harar Haykazyan Haytagh Herik Himnashen Hochants Ishkhanadzor Janfida Karabak Karegah Karotan Karut Keren Khachgetik Khachintap Krmen Kumayri Leharnovit Lchashen Mamark Margis Martiros Martunashen Melikashen Mirik Mkhants Moshatagh Mush Movsesashen Msheni Norashenik Pakahan Saratak Shalua Shirak Shrvakan Sonasar Spitakajur Suaras Sus Tandzut Tigranavan Tovmasar Tsaghkaberd Tsitsernavank Tsobadzor Urekan Urmia Vaghazin Vakunis Van Vardabats Vardanants Vazgenashen Verin Kashunik Vordnav Vurgavan Yeritsvank Zoratsik

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