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Msmna, Nagorno-Karabakh

Coordinates: 39°44′41″N 46°54′52″E / 39.74472°N 46.91444°E / 39.74472; 46.91444
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Msmna / Aghbulag
Մսմնա / Ağbulaq
Msmna / Aghbulag is located in Azerbaijan
Msmna / Aghbulag
Msmna / Aghbulag
Coordinates: 39°44′41″N 46°54′52″E / 39.74472°N 46.91444°E / 39.74472; 46.91444
Country Azerbaijan
 • DistrictKhojavend
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total100
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Msmna (Armenian: Մսմնա) or Aghbulag (Azerbaijani: Ağbulaq) is a village located in the Khojavend 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

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

Historical heritage sites

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Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the 18th-century monastery of Shoshkavank (Armenian: Շոշկավանք), and the 19th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit.'Holy Mother of God').[1]

Economy and culture

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The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a house of culture, the Msmna branch of the Kolkhozashen Secondary School, and a medical centre.[1]

Demographics

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The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, had 71 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 100 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

References

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  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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