Yemishchan
Place in Khojavend, Azerbaijan
Yemishchan Եմիշճան Yemişcan | |
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39°49′51″N 47°00′39″E / 39.83083°N 47.01083°E / 39.83083; 47.01083 | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| • District | Khojavend |
| Elevation | 794 m (2,605 ft) |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
| • Total | 178 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Yemishchan (Armenian: Եմիշճան; Azerbaijani: Yemişcan, also Yemishjan) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
History
During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Martuni District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Historical heritage sites
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the 19th-century St. Stephen's Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Ստեփանոս եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Stepanos Yekeghetsi).[1]
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, a school, and a medical centre.[1]
Demographics
The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, had 194 inhabitants in 2005,[2] and 178 inhabitants in 2015.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
- ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Yemişcan.
- Yemishchan at GEOnet Names Server
- A short documentary about the village on YouTube
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Martuni Province
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