Verin Horatagh

Verin Horatagh
Վերին Հոռաթաղ
Yuxarı Oratağ
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Verin Horatagh is located in Azerbaijan
Verin Horatagh
Verin Horatagh
Verin Horatagh is located in East Zangezur Economic Region
Verin Horatagh
Verin Horatagh
Coordinates: 40°07′07″N 46°32′19″E / 40.11861°N 46.53861°E / 40.11861; 46.53861
Country Azerbaijan
 • DistrictKalbajar
Elevation
895 m (2,936 ft)
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total
532
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Verin Horatagh (Armenian: Վերին Հոռաթաղ) or Yukhary Oratagh (Azerbaijani: Yuxarı Oratağ) is a village in the Kalbajar 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 Mardakert District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include tombs from the 2nd–1st millennia BCE, and a 12th/13th-century khachkar.[1]

Economy and culture

The population is mainly engaged in agriculture, animal husbandry, and mining. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a secondary school, six shops, and a medical centre.[1]

Demographics

The village had 449 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 532 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

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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