Khnushinak

Khnushinak Խնուշինակ Xanoba
Scenery around Khnushinak
39°45′51.8″N 47°02′25.8″E / 39.764389°N 47.040500°E / 39.764389; 47.040500
Country	Azerbaijan
• District	Khojavend
Population  (2015)[1]
• Total	615
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)

Khnushinak (Armenian: Խնուշինակ) or Khanoba (Azerbaijani: Xanoba) is a village located in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian population before 2023 and in 1989.^[2]

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 the 19th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit. 'Holy Mother of God'), and the 19th/20th-century village of Hin Khnushinak (Armenian: Հին Խնուշինակ, lit. 'Old Khnushinak')^[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, a secondary school, two shops, and a medical centre.^[1]

Demographics

The village had 664 inhabitants in 2005,^[3] and 615 inhabitants in 2015.^[1]

Gallery

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  St. Astvatsatsin Church
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  St. Astvatsatsin Church interior
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  A monument for the fallen in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War
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  The ruined village of Hin Khnushinak

References

External links

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