Kert / Guzumkend
Քերթ / Quzumkənd
Kert / Guzumkend is located in Azerbaijan
Kert / Guzumkend
Kert / Guzumkend
Coordinates: 39°44′30″N 46°59′43″E / 39.74167°N 46.99528°E / 39.74167; 46.99528
Country Azerbaijan
 • DistrictKhojavend
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total572
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Kert (Armenian: Քերթ) or Guzumkend (Azerbaijani: Quzumkənd) is a village located in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

History

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

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the 19th-century St. George's Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Գևորգ եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Gevorg 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 secondary school, two shops, and a medical centre.[1]

Demographics

The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population and had 567 inhabitants in 2005,[2] and 572 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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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