Paravatumb

Paravatumb
Պառավաթումբ
Qarıtəpə
Paravatumb is located in Azerbaijan
Paravatumb
Paravatumb
Coordinates: 39°48′19″N 46°56′21″E / 39.80528°N 46.93917°E / 39.80528; 46.93917
Country Azerbaijan
 • DistrictKhojavend
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total
140
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Paravatumb (Armenian: Պառավաթումբ) or Garitapa (Azerbaijani: Qarıtəpə) is a village located 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 Martuni District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.

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, the Paravatumb branch of the Kaghartsi Secondary School, and a medical centre.[1]

Demographics

The village had 171 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 140 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c 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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