Verin Sznek

Verin Sznek (Armenian: Վերին Սզնեք; Azerbaijani: Verin Sıznek) or Yukhary Yemishjan (Azerbaijani: Yuxarı Yemişcan) 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.

Verin Sznek
Վերին Սզնեք
Yuxarı Yemişcan
Verin Sznek is located in Republic of Artsakh
Verin Sznek
Verin Sznek
Verin Sznek is located in Azerbaijan
Verin Sznek
Verin Sznek
Coordinates: 39°44′26.7″N 46°49′59.2″E
Country (de facto) Artsakh
 • ProvinceAskeran
Country (de jure) Azerbaijan
 • DistrictKhojaly
Elevation
1,084 m (3,556 ft)
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total33
Time zoneUTC+4 (AMT)

History

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

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a cemetery from between the 16th and 19th centuries, the 18th/19th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit. 'Holy Mother of God'), and a 19th-century spring monument.[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 medical centre, and a secondary school that is shared with the neighboring village of Nerkin Sznek.[1]

Demographics

The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, had 28 inhabitants in 2005,[2] and 33 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

References
  1. 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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