Vaghuhas

Vaghuhas (Armenian: Վաղուհաս, romanized: Vaghuhas) or Gozlu (Azerbaijani: Qozlu) is a village de facto in the Martakert Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh, de jure in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan. The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[2]

Vaghuhas
Վաղուհաս
Qozlu
Vaghuhas
Vaghuhas
Coordinates: 40°06′52″N 46°28′47″E
Country Azerbaijan (de jure)
 Artsakh (de facto)
RayonKalbajar (de jure)
ProvinceMartakert (de facto)
Elevation
988 m (3,241 ft)
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total678
Time zoneUTC+4 (AMT)

History

The ruins of the ancient Armenian settlement Mayrakahag, including the Tiramayr Monastery, are located in the village.[3]

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

Demographics

The village had 638 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 678 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

  • Scenery around Vaghuhas
  • Forest near the village
  • Aerial view of Vaghuhas
  • Forest near the village
  • A sign in Armenian reading "Vaghuhas"

References
  1. 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. Ш. Мкртчян / Майракахак или монастырь Тирамайр /Историко-архитектурные памятники Нагорно-Карабаха/ стр. 47-48 (360)
  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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