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Mets Shen / Ulu Garabey Մեծ Շեն / Ulu Qarabəy
Mets Shen / Ulu Garabey
Coordinates: 40°12′56″N 46°42′25″E / 40.21556°N 46.70694°E / 40.21556; 46.70694
Country	Azerbaijan
• District	Tartar
Population
• Total	341
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)

Mets Shen (Armenian: Մեծ Շեն) or Ulu Garabey (Azerbaijani: Ulu Qarabəy) is a village that is located in the Tartar 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 tombs from the 2nd–1st millennia BCE, the medieval fortress of Dzoratap (Armenian: Ձորատափ), a 17th-century khachkar, and the 17th-century St. George's Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Գևորգ եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Gevorg Yekeghetsi).

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, a kindergarten, two shops, and a medical centre.

Demographics

The village had 322 inhabitants in 2005, and 341 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

• Mets Shen, Martakert at GEOnet Names Server

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

v t e Tartar District
Capital: Tartar
Ağabəyyalı Ağdərə Ağkənd Alışarlı Aşağı Qapanlı Azad Qaraqoyunlu Bala Kəngərli Bayandur Bayandurlu Bəyimsarov Bildirçinli Borsunlu Buruc Canyataq Cəmilli Çardaqlı Çaylı Çiləbürt Çıraqlı Dəmirçilər Dəmirli Düyərli Ələsgərli Əskipara Evoğlu Göyarx Güləbatlı Gülyataq Hacallı Hacıqərvənd Həsənqaya Hüsənli İlxıçılar İrəvanlı İsmayılbəyli Kəbirli Kəngərli Kiçik Qarabəy Köçərli Kövdadıq Lüləsaz Mamırlı Meqrelalay Ortakənd Poladlı Qaraağacı Qaradağlı Qapanlı Qaynaq Qazyan Qırmızı Saqqallar Qızıloba Rəcəbli Sarıcalı Sarov Seydimli Seysulan Səhləbad Soyulan Suqovuşan Şıxarx Talış Təpəkənd Təzəkənd Ulu Qarabəy Umudlu Umudlu Xoruzlu Yarımca Yenikənd Yuxarı Qapanlı Yuxarı Qaradağlı Yuxarı Sarıcalı Zəylik Zolgəran

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