Gochbeyli / Aygestan
Qoçbəyli / Այգեստան | |
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Coordinates: 39°30′26″N 47°04′10″E / 39.50722°N 47.06944°E | |
Country | ![]() |
District | Khojavend |
Population (2015)
[1] | |
• Total | 316 |
Time zone | UTC+4 ( AZT) |
Gochbeyli ( Azerbaijani: Qoçbəyli) or Aygestan ( Armenian: Այգեստան) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989. [2]
During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Hadrut District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast within the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic. After the First Nagorno-Karabakh War the village was administrated as part of the Hadrut Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village came under the control of Azerbaijan during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a village from between the 15th and 19th centuries, and the Holy Resurrection Church ( Armenian: Սուրբ Հարություն եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Harutyun Yekeghetsi) built in 1741. [1]
The village had 294 inhabitants in 2005, [3] and 316 inhabitants in 2015. [1]
Gochbeyli / Aygestan
Qoçbəyli / Այգեստան | |
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Coordinates: 39°30′26″N 47°04′10″E / 39.50722°N 47.06944°E | |
Country | ![]() |
District | Khojavend |
Population (2015)
[1] | |
• Total | 316 |
Time zone | UTC+4 ( AZT) |
Gochbeyli ( Azerbaijani: Qoçbəyli) or Aygestan ( Armenian: Այգեստան) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989. [2]
During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Hadrut District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast within the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic. After the First Nagorno-Karabakh War the village was administrated as part of the Hadrut Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village came under the control of Azerbaijan during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a village from between the 15th and 19th centuries, and the Holy Resurrection Church ( Armenian: Սուրբ Հարություն եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Harutyun Yekeghetsi) built in 1741. [1]
The village had 294 inhabitants in 2005, [3] and 316 inhabitants in 2015. [1]