Jump to content

Khnushinak

Coordinates: 39°45′51.8″N 47°02′25.8″E / 39.764389°N 47.040500°E / 39.764389; 47.040500
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The printable version is no longer supported and may have rendering errors. Please update your browser bookmarks and please use the default browser print function instead.
Khnushinak
Խնուշինակ
Xanoba
Scenery around Khnushinak
Scenery around Khnushinak
Khnushinak is located in Azerbaijan
Khnushinak
Khnushinak
Coordinates: 39°45′51.8″N 47°02′25.8″E / 39.764389°N 47.040500°E / 39.764389; 47.040500
Country Azerbaijan
 • DistrictKhojavend
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total615
Time zoneUTC+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

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

References

  1. ^ a b c d 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.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Xanoba (Xocavənd).
Stub icon

This Khojavend District location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub icon

This Artsakh location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Khnushinak&oldid=1232448913"