Yeghtsahogh

Yeghtsahogh (Armenian: Եղցահող; Azerbaijani: Yextsahoğ) or Sarybaba (Azerbaijani: Sarıbaba) is a village that is, de facto, in the Shushi Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh; de jure, it is in the Shusha District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[2]

Yeghtsahogh / Sarybaba
Եղցահող / Sarıbaba
Yeghtsahogh / Sarybaba is located in Republic of Artsakh
Yeghtsahogh / Sarybaba
Yeghtsahogh / Sarybaba
Yeghtsahogh / Sarybaba is located in Azerbaijan
Yeghtsahogh / Sarybaba
Yeghtsahogh / Sarybaba
Coordinates: 39°40′38″N 46°35′15″E
Country (de facto) Artsakh
 • ProvinceShushi
Country (de jure) Azerbaijan
 • DistrictShusha
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total118
Time zoneUTC+4

History

During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Shusha District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic.

In the context of the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Artsakh village head Davit Davtyan of the neighboring village of Mets Shen stated that the population of Yeghtsahogh had been evacuated to Mets Shen and that Yeghtsahogh had been "razed to the ground" by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces.[3]

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a cemetery from between the 17th and 19th centuries, an 18th-century spring monument, the 18th/19th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit. 'Holy Mother of God'), an 18th/19th-century shrine, and the church of Surb Sargis (Armenian: Սուրբ Սարգիս) built in 2003.[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. The Yeghtsahogh branch of the Shushi Children's Music School is also located in the village. The Yeghtsahogh community includes the villages of Kanach Tala and Tasy Verst.[1]

Demographics

The village had 132 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 118 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

References
  1. 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. "Yeghtsahogh was razed to the ground, Mets Shen is under siege, says village head". news.am. 2023-09-20.
  4. "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
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