Muxtar

Muxtar (Mukhtar) or Mkhitarashen (Armenian: Մխիթարաշեն) is a village de facto in the Askeran Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh, de jure in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan.

Mukhtar / Mkhitarashen
Muxtar / Մխիթարաշեն
Mukhtar / Mkhitarashen
Mukhtar / Mkhitarashen
Coordinates: 39°45′41″N 46°46′28″E
Country Azerbaijan (de jure)
 Artsakh (de facto)
District
Province		Khojaly (de jure)
Askeran (de facto)
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total91
Time zoneUTC+4 (AMT)

Toponymy

The village was known as Mkhitarikend (Russian: Мхитарикенд; Armenian: Մխիթարիքենդ; Azerbaijani: Mxitarikənd) during the Soviet period.[2]

History

During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Askeran District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. The village has been administrated as part of the Askeran Province of the Republic of Artsakh after the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.

There was some initial confusion regarding control of the village after the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war,[3][4] however, on 1 March 2021, the Armenian news organization CivilNet published a video report from the village, confirming continued Artsakh control.[5]

Demographics

The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, had 90 inhabitants in 2005,[6] and 91 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

  • First Aid station
  • Monument
  • View of the village
  • Janapar Trail sign in the village

References
  1. Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  2. Landmine Mapper. "Azerbaijan (& Nagorno Karabakh) Topographic Map 1:200,000 Russian Soviet Military". GigaPan.
  3. "Prezident: Azərbaycan Ordusu daha 48 kəndi, 1 qəsəbəni işğaldan azad edib". report.az (in Azerbaijani). 2020-11-09.
  4. "Опубликован список 121 населенного пункта в Арцахе, которые перешли под контроль Азербайджана". newsarmenia.am. 2020-11-23.
  5. "Մխիթարաշեն․ Հունոտի կիրճից որբացած գյուղը". youtube.com. CivilNet. 1 March 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  6. "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
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