Mushkapat
Մուշկապատ
Müşkapat
Mushkapat is located in Azerbaijan
Mushkapat
Mushkapat
Coordinates: 39°46′17″N 46°58′46″E / 39.77139°N 46.97944°E / 39.77139; 46.97944
Country Azerbaijan
  DistrictKhojavend
Elevation
703 m (2,306 ft)
Population
 (2015)[1]
  Total372
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Mushkapat (Armenian: Մուշկապատ; Azerbaijani: Müşkapat) 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 17th/18th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit.'Holy Mother of God').[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, and a medical centre.[1]

Demographics

The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, had 351 inhabitants in 2005,[2] and 372 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

Notable people

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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