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Verin Sznek

Coordinates: 39°44′26.7″N 46°49′59.2″E / 39.740750°N 46.833111°E / 39.740750; 46.833111
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Verin Sznek / Yukhary Yemishjan
Վերին Սզնեք / Yuxarı Yemişcan
Yuxarı Yemişcan
Verin Sznek / Yukhary Yemishjan is located in Azerbaijan
Verin Sznek / Yukhary Yemishjan
Verin Sznek / Yukhary Yemishjan
Verin Sznek / Yukhary Yemishjan is located in Karabakh Economic Region
Verin Sznek / Yukhary Yemishjan
Verin Sznek / Yukhary Yemishjan
Coordinates: 39°44′26.7″N 46°49′59.2″E / 39.740750°N 46.833111°E / 39.740750; 46.833111
Country Azerbaijan
 • DistrictKhojaly
Elevation
1,084 m (3,556 ft)
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total33
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Verin Sznek (Armenian: Վերին Սզնեք) or Yukhary Yemishjan (Azerbaijani: Yuxarı Yemişcan) is a village 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]

History

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

Historical heritage sites

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Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a cemetery from between the 16th and 19th centuries, the 18th/19th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit.'Holy Mother of God'), and a 19th-century spring monument.[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, a medical centre, and a secondary school that is shared with the neighboring village of Nerkin Sznek.[1]

Demographics

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The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, had 28 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 33 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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