Baharly (Azerbaijani: Baharlı; formerly Quşçubaba)[2][3] or Moshkhmhat (Armenian: Մոշխմհատ, Azerbaijani: Moşxmhat) is a village in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[4]
Baharly / Moshkhmhat
Baharlı / Մոշխմհատ | |
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  Baharly / Moshkhmhat  Baharly / Moshkhmhat | |
| Coordinates: 39°40′59″N 46°51′07″E / 39.68306°N 46.85194°E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| District | Khojaly |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
• Total | 64 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
History
editDuring the Soviet period, the village was part of the Askeran District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. After the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was administrated as part of the Askeran Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village was captured by Azerbaijan on 7 November 2020, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[5]
Historical heritage sites
editHistorical heritage sites in and around the village include the monastery of Ghevondyats Anapat (Armenian: Ղևոնդյաց անապատ, also known as the monastery of Ghondik, Ղոնդիկ) from between the 5th and 19th centuries, a 12th/13th-century khachkar, a 17th-century spring monument, a 17th/18th-century bridge, a 19th-century cemetery, a 19th-century watermill, and the 19th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit. 'Holy Mother of God').[1]
Demographics
editThe village had 61 inhabitants in 2005,[6] and 64 inhabitants in 2015.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
- ^ Военно-топографическая пятиверстная карта Кавказского края 1926 года.
- ^ Azərbaycan Respublikasının bəzi yaşayış məntəqələrinin tarixi adlarının bərpası və dəqiqləşdirilməsi haqqında. 29 December 1992.
- ^ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
- ^ "Bu kəndlər də azad edildi". aznews.az (in Azerbaijani). 7 October 2020.
- ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
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