Dahrav

Dahrav (Armenian: Դահրավ) or Gayabashy[2] (Azerbaijani: Qayabaşı) is a village in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan. The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[3] It was controlled by the separatist Republic of Artsakh until the end of September 2023.[4]

Dahrav / Gayabashy
Դահրավ / Qayabaşı
The gate of the Dahrav school
The gate of the Dahrav school
Dahrav / Gayabashy is located in Azerbaijan
Dahrav / Gayabashy
Dahrav / Gayabashy
Dahrav / Gayabashy is located in Republic of Artsakh
Dahrav / Gayabashy
Dahrav / Gayabashy
Coordinates: 39°53′37″N 46°41′58″E
Country Azerbaijan
 • DistrictKhojaly
Elevation
863 m (2,831 ft)
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total179
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

History

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

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include mural khachkars from 1081 and 1276, the 12th/13th-century church of Sren Nahatak (Armenian: Սռեն նահատակ), a 12th/13th-century chapel, a cemetery from between the 16th and 19th centuries, the 17th/18th-century shrine of Yeghtsahogh (Armenian: Եղցահող), an 18th/19th-century shrine, a 19th-century spring monument, the spring monument of Raffi (Armenian: Րաֆֆի) from 1800, and the 19th-century St. John's Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Հովհաննես եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Hovhannes 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 had 216 inhabitants in 2005,[5] and 179 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

References
  1. Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  2. Azərbaycan Respublikasının bəzi yaşayış məntəqələrinin tarixi adlarının bərpası və dəqiqləşdirilməsi haqqında. 29 December 1992.
  3. Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
  4. Nagorno-Karabakh’s breakaway government says it will dissolve itself, The Guardian, 28 Sep 2023, retrieved on 6 Oct 2023
  5. "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
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