Coordinates: 39°49′51″N 47°00′39″E / 39.83083°N 47.01083°E / 39.83083; 47.01083

Yemishchan

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Yemishchan
Եմիշճան
Yemişcan
Yemishchan is located in Azerbaijan
Yemishchan
Yemishchan
Yemishchan is located in Karabakh Economic Region
Yemishchan
Yemishchan
Coordinates: 39°49′51″N 47°00′39″E / 39.83083°N 47.01083°E / 39.83083; 47.01083
Country Azerbaijan
 • DistrictKhojavend
Elevation
794 m (2,605 ft)
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total178
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Yemishchan (Armenian: Եմիշճան; Azerbaijani: Yemişcan, also Yemishjan) is a village 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 the 19th-century St. Stephen's Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Ստեփանոս եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Stepanos Yekeghetsi).[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 school, and a medical centre.[1]

Demographics

The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, had 194 inhabitants in 2005,[2] and 178 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.
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