Lusadzor, Nagorno-Karabakh

Lusadzor (Armenian: Լուսաձոր) or Mehdibayli (Azerbaijani: Mehdibəyli) is a village de facto in the Askeran Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh, de jure in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

For the village in Armenia, see Lusadzor.
Lusadzor / Mehdibayli
Լուսաձոր / Mehdibəyli
Lusadzor / Mehdibayli is located in Republic of Artsakh
Lusadzor / Mehdibayli
Lusadzor / Mehdibayli
Lusadzor / Mehdibayli is located in Azerbaijan
Lusadzor / Mehdibayli
Lusadzor / Mehdibayli
Coordinates: 39°53′35″N 46°43′52″E
Country (de facto) Artsakh
 • ProvinceAskeran
Country (de jure) Azerbaijan
 • DistrictKhojaly
Elevation
823 m (2,700 ft)
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total177
Time zoneUTC+4 (AMT)

Toponymy

The village was known as Mekhdishen (Russian: Мехдишен) during the Soviet period.[2]

History

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 a settlement, chapel-shrine and tombs from the 2nd–1st millennia BCE, as well as the 19th-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 school, and a medical centre.[1]

Demographics

The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, had 177 inhabitants in 2005,[3] and 177 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

References
  1. Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  2. Landmine Mapper. "Azerbaijan (& Nagorno Karabakh) Topographic Map 1:200,000 Russian Soviet Military". GigaPan.
  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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