Kavahan

Place
Kavahan / Gavahyn
Կավահան / Gavahın
39°45′50″N 46°54′53″E / 39.76389°N 46.91472°E / 39.76389; 46.91472
Country Azerbaijan
 • DistrictKhojavend
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total75
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Kavahan (Armenian: Կավահան, also Ghavakhan, Ղավախան) or Gavahyn (Azerbaijani: Gavahın) is a village located in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

History

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

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a 16th-century khachkar, a 17th/18th-century cemetery, and the church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit.'Holy Mother of God') built in 1871.[1]

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, the Kavahan branch of the Kolkhozashen Secondary School, and a medical centre.[1]

Demographics

The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, had 124 inhabitants in 2005,[2] and 75 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  2. ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.

External links

  • Kavahan at GEOnet Names Server
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