Avdur

Avdur

Ավդուռ
Avdur Ավդուռ
	Avdur
	Coordinates: 39°50′38″N 46°56′22″E / 39.84389°N 46.93944°E
Country	Azerbaijan
• District	Khojavend
Elevation	863 m (2,831 ft)
Population (2015)
• Total	127
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)

Avdur (Armenian: Ավդուռ) is a village located in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population^[2] until the expulsion of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh by Azerbaijan following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.^[3]

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 an 18th/19th-century cemetery, and the church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit. 'Holy Mother of God') built in 1874.^[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 school, and a medical centre.^[1]

Demographics

The village had 151 inhabitants in 2005,^[4] and 127 inhabitants in 2015.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
↑ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
↑ Sauer, Pjotr (2 October 2023). "'It's a ghost town': UN arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh to find ethnic Armenians have fled". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
↑ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.

External links

This Artsakh location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information.

This Khojavend District location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information.

[2015statistics-1] 1 2 3 4 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] Sauer, Pjotr (2 October 2023). "'It's a ghost town': UN arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh to find ethnic Armenians have fled". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 November 2023.

[2005nkrcensus-4] "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

v t e Martuni Province
Capital: Martuni
Urban communities	Martuni Chartar
Rural communities	Ashan Avdur Berdashen Gishi Haghorti Hatsi Herher Kaghartsi Kajavan Kavahan Kakavadzor Karahunj Karmir Shuka Kert Kherkhan Khnushinak Kolkhozashen Machkalashen Msmna Mushkapat Myurishen Nngi Norshen Paravatumb Skhtorashen Sos Spitakashen Taghavard Tsovategh Varanda Yemishchan
Not under Artsakh control	Zoravan (Nerkin Chartar) Jivani Sargsashen Shekher Vazgenashen Zardanashen

This page was redesigned at the edge.