Hovsepavan

Hovsepavan (Armenian: Հովսեփավան) is a village de facto in the Askeran Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh, de jure in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan.

Hovsepavan
Հովսեփավան
Hovsepavan
Hovsepavan
Coordinates: 39°55′01.5″N 46°45′42.4″E
Country Azerbaijan (de jure)
 Artsakh (de facto)
District
Province		Khojaly (de jure)
Askeran (de facto)
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total176
Time zoneUTC+4 (AMT)

History

Hovsepavan was founded during the period of the Karabakh movement in Nagorno-Karabakh.[2] During the Soviet period, the area around the village was a part of the Askeran District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.

Geography

Hovsepavan is situated on the flatlands, nine kilometres to the west of Askeran, the regional center, and fifteen kilometres to the north of Stepanakert, the capital of Artsakh.[3]

Economy

The population of the village is mostly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry, with the majority of the village lands being agricultural.[3]

Demographics

The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, had 128 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 176 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

References
  1. Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  2. "ՀՈՎՍԵՓԱՎԱՆ. ԵՍ ԿԱՌՈՒՑՈՒՄ ԵՄ ԻՄ ՀՈՂԻ ՎՐԱ". Berdpress.
  3. "Hovsepavan Deep Water Well". Hayastan All Armenian Fund.
  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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