Harav (Armenian: Հարավ) or Harov (also Garov) is a village located 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]
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 a 13th-century khachkar, the 16th/17th-century monastery-fortress of Bovurkhan (Armenian: Բովուրխան), a 17th/18th-century cemetery, and the St. Mesrop Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Մեսրոպ եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Mesrop Yekeghetsi) built in 1795.[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 secondary school, a kindergarten, and a medical centre.[1]
The village had 300 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 324 inhabitants in 2015.[1]
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