Sor, Azerbaijan
Sor / Tsor
Սոր / Ցոր | |
|---|---|
  Sor / Tsor | |
| Coordinates: 39°29′21″N 47°01′20″E / 39.48917°N 47.02222°E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| District | Khojavend |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
| • Total | 20 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Sor (Armenian: Սոր) or Tsor (Armenian: Ցոր) 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.[2]
History
[edit]During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Hadrut District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. 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 on 9 October 2020, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.
Historical heritage sites
[edit]Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the 18th/19th-century church of Surb Amenaprkich (Armenian: Սուրբ Ամենափրկիչ, lit. 'Holy Savior').[3]
Demographics
[edit]The village had 24 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 20 inhabitants in 2015.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
- ^ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
- ^ Kiesling, Brady; Kojian, Raffi (2019). Rediscovering Armenia: An in-depth inventory of villages and monuments in Armenia and Artsakh (3rd ed.). Armeniapedia Publishing.
- ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
External links
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