Khandzk / Khanyeri
Խանձք / Xanyeri | |
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Coordinates: 39°56′02″N 46°40′43″E / 39.93389°N 46.67861°E | |
Country | Azerbaijan |
• District | Khojaly |
Population (2015)
[1] | |
• Total | 261 |
Time zone | UTC+4 ( AZT) |
Khandzk ( Armenian: Խանձք, also Khantsk, Խանցք) or Khanyeri ( Azerbaijani: Xanyeri) is a village in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan. Prior to the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive, it was de facto controlled by the Republic of Artsakh as a village in its Askeran Province.
During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Askeran District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the 11th-century church of Vardapetin Khut ( Armenian: Վարդապետին Խութ), the 12th/13th-century shrine of Jukhtak Khach ( Armenian: Ջուխտակ խաչ), a 13th-century village, chapel and khachkar, the 13th-century St. John's Church ( Armenian: Սուրբ Հովհաննես եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Hovhannes Yekeghetsi), St. Stephen's Church ( Armenian: Սուրբ Ստեփանոս եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Stepanos Yekeghetsi) built in 1673, and a 19th-century spring monument. [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 school, two shops, and a medical centre. [1]
The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, had 231 inhabitants in 2005, [2] and 261 inhabitants in 2015. [1]
Khandzk / Khanyeri
Խանձք / Xanyeri | |
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Coordinates: 39°56′02″N 46°40′43″E / 39.93389°N 46.67861°E | |
Country | Azerbaijan |
• District | Khojaly |
Population (2015)
[1] | |
• Total | 261 |
Time zone | UTC+4 ( AZT) |
Khandzk ( Armenian: Խանձք, also Khantsk, Խանցք) or Khanyeri ( Azerbaijani: Xanyeri) is a village in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan. Prior to the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive, it was de facto controlled by the Republic of Artsakh as a village in its Askeran Province.
During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Askeran District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the 11th-century church of Vardapetin Khut ( Armenian: Վարդապետին Խութ), the 12th/13th-century shrine of Jukhtak Khach ( Armenian: Ջուխտակ խաչ), a 13th-century village, chapel and khachkar, the 13th-century St. John's Church ( Armenian: Սուրբ Հովհաննես եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Hovhannes Yekeghetsi), St. Stephen's Church ( Armenian: Սուրբ Ստեփանոս եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Stepanos Yekeghetsi) built in 1673, and a 19th-century spring monument. [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 school, two shops, and a medical centre. [1]
The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, had 231 inhabitants in 2005, [2] and 261 inhabitants in 2015. [1]