Nerkin Sznek, Nagorno-Karabakh

Nerkin Sznek (Armenian: Ներքին Սզնեք) or Ashagy Yemishjan (Azerbaijani: Aşağı Yemişcan) is a village de facto in the Askeran Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh, de jure in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Nerkin Sznek / Ashagy Yemishjan
Ներքին Սզնեք / Aşağı Yemişcan
Nerkin Sznek / Ashagy Yemishjan is located in Republic of Artsakh
Nerkin Sznek / Ashagy Yemishjan
Nerkin Sznek / Ashagy Yemishjan
Nerkin Sznek / Ashagy Yemishjan is located in Azerbaijan
Nerkin Sznek / Ashagy Yemishjan
Nerkin Sznek / Ashagy Yemishjan
Coordinates: 39°44′27.8″N 46°50′24.8″E
Country (de facto) Artsakh
 • ProvinceAskeran
Country (de jure) Azerbaijan
 • DistrictKhojaly
Elevation
1,032 m (3,386 ft)
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total131
Time zoneUTC+4 (AMT)

History

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

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include an 18th/19th-century cemetery, the church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit. 'Holy Mother of God') built in 1849, a 19th-century watermill, and a 19th-century spring monument.[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 medical centre, and a secondary school that is shared with the neighboring village of Verin Sznek.[1]

Demographics

The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, had 129 inhabitants in 2005,[2] and 131 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

References
  1. Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  2. "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
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