Harutyunagomer, Nagorno-Karabakh

Harutyunagomer (Armenian: Հարությունագոմեր) or Gyzylgaya (Azerbaijani: Qızılqaya) is a village that is, de facto, in the Martakert Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh; de jure, it is in the Kalbajar 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]

Harutyunagomer / Gyzylgaya
Հարությունագոմեր / Qızılqaya
Harutyunagomer / Gyzylgaya is located in Republic of Artsakh
Harutyunagomer / Gyzylgaya
Harutyunagomer / Gyzylgaya
Harutyunagomer / Gyzylgaya is located in Azerbaijan
Harutyunagomer / Gyzylgaya
Harutyunagomer / Gyzylgaya
Coordinates: 40°07′32″N 46°30′58″E
Country (de facto) Artsakh
 • ProvinceMartakert
Country (de jure) Azerbaijan
 • DistrictKalbajar
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total517
Time zoneUTC+4 (AMT)

History

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

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include tombs from the 2nd–1st millennia BCE, a medieval village, as well as an 18th/19th-century church and cemetery.[1]

Economy and culture

The village has a municipal building, a medical centre, five shops, and a secondary school.[1]

Demographics

The village had 400 inhabitants in 2005,[3] and 517 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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