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Shahmasur / Shahmansurlu Շահմասուր / Şahmansurlu
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Coordinates: 40°03′34″N 46°35′04″E / 40.05944°N 46.58444°E / 40.05944; 46.58444
Country	Azerbaijan
• District	Aghdara
Elevation	1,110 m (3,640 ft)
Population
• Total	148
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)

Shahmasur (Armenian: Շահմասուր) or Shahmansurlu (Azerbaijani: Şahmansurlu) is a village located in the Aghdara 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 part of the Mardakert District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a cemetery from between the 11th and 13th centuries, the 12th/13th-century church of Khachin Dzor (Armenian: Խաչին ձոր), an 18th/19th-century cemetery, a 19th-century church, and a 19th-century spring monument.

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 139 inhabitants in 2005, and 148 inhabitants in 2015.

References

1. ^ Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
2. Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
3. 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.
4. "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.

External links

• Shahmasur, Nagorno-Karabakh at GEOnet Names Server

v t e Aghdara District
Capital: Aghdara
Ağabəyyalı Aşağı Oratağ Baş Güneypəyə Ballıqaya Bazarkənd Bəşirlər Canyataq Çapar Çardaqlı Çaylı Çərəkdar Çıldıran Çiləbürt Çormanlı Damğalı Dəmirli Dəstəgül Dəvədaşı Dovşanlı Göyarx Gülyataq Hayad Heyvalı Həsənqaya Həsənriz İmarət Qərvənd Kiçik Qarabəy Kolatağ Qaraşlar Qasapet Qazançı Qızılqaya Qızıloba Qozlu Qozlukörpü Lüləsaz Maralyansarov Mehmana Meqrelalay Məlikli Narınclar Orta Güneypəyə Seysulan Sırxavənd Suqovuşan Şahmansurlu Talış Təpəkənd Ulu Qarabəy Umudlu Vəngli Xatınbəyli Yarımca Yayıcı Yeni Qaralar Yuxarı Oratağ Zardaxaç Zəylik

v t e Martakert Province
Capital: Martakert
Urban communities	Martakert
Rural communities	Aghabekalanj Arajadzor Chankatagh Chapar Chldran Drmbon Garnakar Ghazarahogh Getavan Harutyunagomer Haterk Imar Jraberd Khnkavan Kichan Kmkadzor Kochoghot Kolatak Kusapat Maghavuz Mehmana Mets Shen Mokhratagh Nareshtar Nerkin Horatagh Nor Ghazanchi Poghosagomer Seysulan Shahmasur Tblghu Tonashen Tsaghkashen Tsmakahogh Vaghuhas Vank Vardadzor Varnkatagh Verin Horatagh Zaglik Zardakhach
Not under Artsakh control	Andzavner Aygestan Dashtaglukh Hovtashen Karmiravan Levonarkh Mataghis Maragha Nor Aygestan Nor Haykajur Nor Karmiravan Nor Maragha Nor Seysulan Talish

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