Mets Shen / Boyuk Galadarasi
Մեծ Շեն / Böyük Qaladərəsi | |
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  Mets Shen / Boyuk Galadarasi | |
| Coordinates: 39°39′30″N 46°36′07″E / 39.65833°N 46.60194°E | |
| Country | 
Azerbaijan |
| • District | Shusha |
| Population (2015)
[1] | |
| • Total | 116 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 |
Mets Shen ( Armenian: Մեծ Շեն) or Boyuk Galadarasi ( Azerbaijani: Böyük Qaladərəsi) is a village located in the Shusha District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989. [2]
The village was known as Metskaladeresi ( Russian: Мецкаладереси) during the Soviet period. [3]
During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Shusha District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the church of Parin Pizh ( Armenian: Պարին Պիժ) built in 1658, and the 19th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin ( Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit. 'Holy Mother of God'). [1]
The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a house of culture, a secondary school, and a medical centre. [1]
The village had 92 inhabitants in 2005, [4] and 116 inhabitants in 2015. [1]
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Parin Pizh Church -
- ^ a b c d Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
- ^ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
- ^ Landmine Mapper. "Azerbaijan (& Nagorno Karabakh) Topographic Map 1:200,000 Russian Soviet Military". GigaPan.
- ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
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| Not under Artsakh control | ||
Mets Shen / Boyuk Galadarasi
Մեծ Շեն / Böyük Qaladərəsi | |
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Mets Shen / Boyuk Galadarasi | |
| Coordinates: 39°39′30″N 46°36′07″E / 39.65833°N 46.60194°E | |
| Country |
Azerbaijan |
| • District | Shusha |
| Population (2015)
[1] | |
| • Total | 116 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 |
Mets Shen ( Armenian: Մեծ Շեն) or Boyuk Galadarasi ( Azerbaijani: Böyük Qaladərəsi) is a village located in the Shusha District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989. [2]
The village was known as Metskaladeresi ( Russian: Мецкаладереси) during the Soviet period. [3]
During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Shusha District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the church of Parin Pizh ( Armenian: Պարին Պիժ) built in 1658, and the 19th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin ( Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit. 'Holy Mother of God'). [1]
The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a house of culture, a secondary school, and a medical centre. [1]
The village had 92 inhabitants in 2005, [4] and 116 inhabitants in 2015. [1]
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Parin Pizh Church
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- ^ a b c d Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
- ^ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
- ^ Landmine Mapper. "Azerbaijan (& Nagorno Karabakh) Topographic Map 1:200,000 Russian Soviet Military". GigaPan.
- ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
| Rural communities | | |
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| Not under Artsakh control | ||