Hoçaz | |
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Coordinates: 39°40′31″N 46°27′27″E / 39.67528°N 46.45750°E | |
Country | ![]() |
District | Lachin |
Population (2015)
[1] | |
• Total | 56 |
Time zone | UTC+4 ( AZT) |
Hoçaz (Hochaz) or Hochants ( Armenian: Հոչանց) is a village in the Lachin District of Azerbaijan.
The village was located in the Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, coming under the control of ethnic Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in the early 1990s. The village subsequently became part of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as part of its Kashatagh Province, where it was known as Hochants ( Armenian: Հոչանց). It was returned to Azerbaijan as part of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a cave, a 14th-century cemetery, eight 14th-century khachkars, the church of Hochantsi Anapat ( Armenian: Հոչանցի անապատ) from 1621, a 16th/17th-century khachkar, a 17th-century tombstone, a 17th-century stele, and the 17th-century St. Stephen's Church ( Armenian: Սուրբ Ստեփանոս եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Stepanos Yekeghetsi), [1] which was reconsecrated in 2019. [2]
Hoçaz | |
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Coordinates: 39°40′31″N 46°27′27″E / 39.67528°N 46.45750°E | |
Country | ![]() |
District | Lachin |
Population (2015)
[1] | |
• Total | 56 |
Time zone | UTC+4 ( AZT) |
Hoçaz (Hochaz) or Hochants ( Armenian: Հոչանց) is a village in the Lachin District of Azerbaijan.
The village was located in the Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, coming under the control of ethnic Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in the early 1990s. The village subsequently became part of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as part of its Kashatagh Province, where it was known as Hochants ( Armenian: Հոչանց). It was returned to Azerbaijan as part of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a cave, a 14th-century cemetery, eight 14th-century khachkars, the church of Hochantsi Anapat ( Armenian: Հոչանցի անապատ) from 1621, a 16th/17th-century khachkar, a 17th-century tombstone, a 17th-century stele, and the 17th-century St. Stephen's Church ( Armenian: Սուրբ Ստեփանոս եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Stepanos Yekeghetsi), [1] which was reconsecrated in 2019. [2]