Mets Shen, Martakert
Mets Shen / Ulu Garabey
Մեծ Շեն / Ulu Qarabəy | |
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  Mets Shen / Ulu Garabey | |
| Coordinates: 40°12′56″N 46°42′25″E / 40.21556°N 46.70694°E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| • District | Tartar |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
• 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[2] until the exodus of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.[3]
History
[edit]During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Mardakert District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Historical heritage sites
[edit]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).[1]
Economy and culture
[edit]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.[1]
Demographics
[edit]The village had 322 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 341 inhabitants in 2015.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
- ^ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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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