Kajavan (Armenian: Քաջավան) or Amiranlar (Azerbaijani: Əmiranlar) is a village located in the Khojavend 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]

History

During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Martuni District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.

Economy and culture

The village is part of the community of Martuni.[4]

Demographics

The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population of 99 inhabitants in 2005.[4]

References

  1. ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
  2. ^ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com. Archived from the original on 2020-10-20.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kajavan
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