Bulutan

Bulutan (Armenian: Բլութան, romanized: Blutan) or Pletants (Armenian: Պլեթանց) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population in 1989.[2]

Bulutan / Pletants
Բլութան / Պլեթանց
Bulutan / Pletants is located in Azerbaijan
Bulutan / Pletants
Bulutan / Pletants
Bulutan / Pletants is located in Republic of Artsakh
Bulutan / Pletants
Bulutan / Pletants
Coordinates: 39°32′14″N 47°04′49″E
Country Azerbaijan
DistrictKhojavend
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total28
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

History

During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Hadrut District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. After the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was administrated as part of the Hadrut Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village came under the control of Azerbaijan on 14 October 2020, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include St. Stephen's Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Ստեփանոս եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Stepanos Yekeghetsi, also known as the church of Blutan, Բլութան) built in 1651, a 17th-century khachkar, a cemetery from between the 17th and 19th centuries, and a 19th-century watermill.[1]

Demographics

The village had 58 inhabitants in 2005,[3] and 28 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

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. "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
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