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Revision as of 10:12, 23 January 2022

Spitakashen
Սպիտակաշեն
Ağkənd
Spitakashen is located in Republic of Artsakh
Spitakashen
Spitakashen
Spitakashen is located in Azerbaijan
Spitakashen
Spitakashen
Coordinates: 39°49′24″N 47°01′04″E / 39.82333°N 47.01778°E / 39.82333; 47.01778
Country (de facto) Artsakh
 • ProvinceMartuni
Country (de jure) Azerbaijan
 • DistrictKhojavend
Elevation
687 m (2,254 ft)
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total453
Time zoneUTC+4 (AMT)

Spitakashen (Armenian: Սպիտակաշեն) or Aghkend (Azerbaijani: Ağkənd) is a village de facto in the Martuni Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh, de jure in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan. The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[2]

Etymology

The village's name means "white village" in both the Armenian language and the Azerbaijani language.

History

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

Demographics

The village had 437 inhabitants in 2005,[3] and 453 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.