Daghdoshu (Azerbaijani: Dağdöşü, lit. 'mountainside') or Tyak (Armenian: Տյաք) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village is located close to the town of Hadrut. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[2]
Daghdoshu / Tyak
Dağdöşü / Տյաք | |
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 19th-century church of Surb Mesrop in the village | |
  Daghdoshu / Tyak | |
| Coordinates: 39°30′18″N 47°01′51″E / 39.50500°N 47.03083°E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| District | Khojavend |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
| • Total | 70 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
History edit
During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Hadrut District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. After the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was administrated as part of the Hadrut Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village came under the control of Azerbaijan during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.
Historical heritage sites edit
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the church of Surb Mesrop (Armenian: Սուրբ Մեսրոպ), a cemetery, and a spring monument from the 19th century.[3]
Demographics edit
The village had 71 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 70 inhabitants in 2015.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
- ^ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
- ^ Kiesling, Brady; Kojian, Raffi (2019). Rediscovering Armenia: An in-depth inventory of villages and monuments in Armenia and Artsakh (3rd ed.). Armeniapedia Publishing.
- ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
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