Sos
Սոս | |
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Coordinates: 39°42′46″N 47°00′33″E / 39.71278°N 47.00917°E | |
Country | Azerbaijan |
• District | Khojavend |
Population (2015)
[1] | |
• Total | 1,089 |
Time zone | UTC+4 ( AZT) |
Sos ( Armenian: Սոս) is a village in the Khojavend 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]
During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Martuni District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include Amaras Monastery (established in the 4th century, rebuilt in 1858), the 5th/6th-century St. Lusavorich monastic complex and pilgrimage site, the 19th-century St. George's Church ( Armenian: Սուրբ Գևորգ եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Gevorg Yekeghetsi), and the Tevosants spring monument (1902). [1] [3]
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, a kindergarten, three shops, and a medical centre. [1]
The village had 1,016 inhabitants in 2005, [4] and 1,089 inhabitants in 2015. [1]
Sos
Սոս | |
---|---|
Coordinates: 39°42′46″N 47°00′33″E / 39.71278°N 47.00917°E | |
Country | Azerbaijan |
• District | Khojavend |
Population (2015)
[1] | |
• Total | 1,089 |
Time zone | UTC+4 ( AZT) |
Sos ( Armenian: Սոս) is a village in the Khojavend 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]
During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Martuni District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include Amaras Monastery (established in the 4th century, rebuilt in 1858), the 5th/6th-century St. Lusavorich monastic complex and pilgrimage site, the 19th-century St. George's Church ( Armenian: Սուրբ Գևորգ եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Gevorg Yekeghetsi), and the Tevosants spring monument (1902). [1] [3]
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, a kindergarten, three shops, and a medical centre. [1]
The village had 1,016 inhabitants in 2005, [4] and 1,089 inhabitants in 2015. [1]