Xanabad,_Khojaly

Khnapat

Khnapat

Place in Azerbaijan

Khnapat (Armenian: Խնապատ) or Khanabad (Armenian: Խանաբադ; Azerbaijani: Xanabad) is a village in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan. Prior to the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive, it was de facto controlled by the Republic of Artsakh as a village in its Askeran Province. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[2]

Quick Facts Khanabad Խնապատ / Xanabad, Country ...

History

The modern village was founded in the early 19th century by settlers from the nearby Armenian mountain villages of Jrver and Yereshen.[3] 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 the nearby ruined village of Jrver (Armenian: Ջրվեր, also known as Hanatak) from between the 12th and 17th centuries, the ruined village of Verin Ghlijbagh (Armenian: Վերին Ղլիջբաղ) from between the 12th and 19th centuries 3 km to the west of Khnapat, a 9th/13th-century khachkar, a chapel built in 1224, the medieval cave-shrine of Mets Nan (Armenian: Մեծ նան), a 17th-century cemetery, the ruined village of Yereshen (Armenian: Երեշեն) from between the 18th and 20th centuries, the 19th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit. 'Holy Mother of God'), and a 19th/20th-century cemetery.[1][3]

Economy and culture

The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry, as well as in different state institutions. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a house of culture, a secondary school, a music school, a kindergarten, three shops, and a medical centre.[1]

Demographics

According to the records of the self-proclaimed rejime, the village had 827 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 1,042 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

  • Khachkar
  • Landscape
  • Panorama
  • Scenery
  • Playground
  • Church
  • School

References

  1. [1]
    Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  2. [2]
    Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
  3. [3]
    Kiesling, Brady; Kojian, Raffi (2019). Rediscovering Armenia: An in-depth inventory of villages and monuments in Armenia and Artsakh (3rd ed.). Armeniapedia Publishing.
  4. [4]
    Population of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (2005)
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Khnapat.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Xanabad,_Khojaly, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.