Machkalashen

Machkalashen (Armenian: Մաճկալաշեն; Azerbaijani: Cütcü) is a village de facto in the Martuni Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh, de jure in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[2] The Amaras Monastery is located close to the village.

Machkalashen
Մաճկալաշեն
Cütcü
Machkalashen is located in Republic of Artsakh
Machkalashen
Machkalashen
Machkalashen is located in Azerbaijan
Machkalashen
Machkalashen
Coordinates: 39°41′38″N 47°01′44″E
Country (de facto) Artsakh
 • ProvinceMartuni
Country (de jure) Azerbaijan
 • DistrictKhojavend
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total546
Time zoneUTC+4 (AMT)

History

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

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 secondary school, a kindergarten, and a medical centre.[1]

Demographics

The village had 593 inhabitants in 2005,[3] and 546 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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