Rev, Nagorno-Karabakh

Rev / Shalva
Ռև / Şəlvə
Rev / Shalva is located in Azerbaijan
Rev / Shalva
Rev / Shalva
Rev / Shalva is located in Karabakh Economic Region
Rev / Shalva
Rev / Shalva
Coordinates: 39°59′09″N 46°42′50″E / 39.98583°N 46.71389°E / 39.98583; 46.71389
Country Azerbaijan
 • DistrictKhojaly
Elevation
984 m (3,228 ft)
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total
110
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Rev (Armenian: Ռև, also Rrev) or Shalva (Azerbaijani: Şəlvə) is a village in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population[2] until the exodus of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.[3]

History

During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Askeran District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include an 18th/19th-century cemetery, St. Stephen's Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Ստեփանոս եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Stepanos Yekeghetsi) built in 1894, and a 19th-century spring monument.[1]

Economy and culture

The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a house of culture, and a medical centre. Students study in the secondary school of the neighboring village of Tsaghkashat.[1]

Demographics

The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population. It had 113 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 110 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

  • Scenery
    Scenery
  • St. Stephen's Church
    St. Stephen's Church
  • Municipal building
    Municipal building
  • First aid station
    First aid station
  • Buildings in the village
    Buildings in the village
  • WWII memorial
    WWII memorial

References

  1. ^ a b c d Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  2. ^ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
  3. ^ Sauer, Pjotr (2 October 2023). "'It's a ghost town': UN arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh to find ethnic Armenians have fled". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  4. ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
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