Khnkavan (Armenian: Խնկավան) or Khangutala (Azerbaijani: Xanqutala) is a village that is located in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population[2] until the exodus of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.[3]
Khnkavan / Khangutala
Խնկավան / Xanqutala | |
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  Khnkavan / Khangutala  Khnkavan / Khangutala | |
| Coordinates: 40°06′48″N 46°27′44″E / 40.11333°N 46.46222°E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| • District | Kalbajar |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
• Total | 193 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
History
editDuring the Soviet period, the village was part of the Mardakert District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Economy and culture
editThe population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, the Khnkavan branch of the Vaghuhas Secondary School, and a medical centre.[1]
Demographics
editThe village had 169 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 193 inhabitants in 2015.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
- ^ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
- ^ Sauer, Pjotr (2 October 2023). "'It's a ghost town': UN arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh to find ethnic Armenians have fled". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
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