Nerkin Horatagh
Nerkin Horatagh / Ortakend
Ներքին Հոռաթաղ / Ortakənd | |
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| Ortakənd | |
 St. George's Church in Nerkin Horatagh | |
  Nerkin Horatagh / Ortakend  Nerkin Horatagh / Ortakend | |
| Coordinates:40°11′22″N46°46′58″E/ 40.18944°N 46.78278°E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| •District | Tartar |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
| • Total | 840 |
| Time zone | UTC+4(AZT) |
Nerkin Horatagh(Armenian:Ներքին Հոռաթաղ;Azerbaijani:Aşağı Oratağ) orOrtakend(Azerbaijani:Ortakənd) is a village in theTartar DistrictofAzerbaijan,in the region ofNagorno-Karabakh.Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakawayRepublic of Artsakh.The village had an ethnicArmenian-majority population[2]until theexodusof the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh following the2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.[3]The village is located close to the town ofMartakert.
History
[edit]During theSovietperiod, the village was a part of theMardakert Districtof theNagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Historical heritage sites
[edit]Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a church built in 1094, a medieval cemetery, the church ofSurb Astvatsatsin(Armenian:Սուրբ Աստվածածին,lit. 'Holy Mother of God') built in 1904-1914,[1]and St. George's Church (Armenian:Սուրբ Գևորգ եկեղեցի,romanized:Surb Gevorg Yekeghetsi) built in 2012.[4]
Economy and culture
[edit]The population is mainly engaged inagriculture,animal husbandry,andmining.As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a secondary school, 10 shops, and a medical centre.[1]
Demographics
[edit]The village had 776 inhabitants in 2005,[5]and 840 inhabitants in 2015.[1]
References
[edit]- ^abcdHakob 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.ISSN0261-3077.Retrieved9 November2023.
- ^"Արցախի Ներքին Հոռաթաղ գյուղում օծվել է Սբ. Գևորգ եկեղեցին".times.am.2012-03-23.
- ^"The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic"(PDF).National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
External links
[edit]Capital:Martakert | ||
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| Not under Artsakh control | ||
