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Khnkavan

Coordinates: 40°06′48″N 46°27′44″E / 40.11333°N 46.46222°E / 40.11333; 46.46222
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Khnkavan / Khangutala
Խնկավան / Xanqutala
Khnkavan / Khangutala is located in Azerbaijan
Khnkavan / Khangutala
Khnkavan / Khangutala
Khnkavan / Khangutala is located in East Zangezur Economic Region
Khnkavan / Khangutala
Khnkavan / Khangutala
Coordinates: 40°06′48″N 46°27′44″E / 40.11333°N 46.46222°E / 40.11333; 46.46222
Country Azerbaijan
 • DistrictKalbajar
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total193
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Khnkavan (Armenian: Խնկավան) or Khangutala (Azerbaijani: Xanqutala) is a village that is located in the Kalbajar 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[2] until the exodus of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.[3]

History

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During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Mardakert District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.

Economy and culture

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The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, the Khnkavan branch of the Vaghuhas Secondary School, and a medical centre.[1]

Demographics

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The village had 169 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 193 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c 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.
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