| Gochbeyli / Aygestan Qoçbəyli / Այգեստան | |
|---|---|
  Gochbeyli / Aygestan | |
| Coordinates: 39°30′26″N 47°04′10″E / 39.50722°N 47.06944°E / 39.50722; 47.06944 | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| District | Khojavend |
| Population | |
| • Total | 316 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Gochbeyli (Azerbaijani: Qoçbəyli) or Aygestan (Armenian: Այգեստան) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.
History
During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Hadrut District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast within the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic. After the First Nagorno-Karabakh War the village was administrated as part of the Hadrut Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village came under the control of Azerbaijan during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.
Historical heritage sites
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a village from between the 15th and 19th centuries, and the Holy Resurrection Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Հարություն եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Harutyun Yekeghetsi) built in 1741.
Demographics
The village had 294 inhabitants in 2005, and 316 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.
- "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
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