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Khramort

Khramort (Armenian: Խրամորթ; Azerbaijani: Xramort) or Pirlar (Azerbaijani: Pirlər) is a village located in the Khojaly 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.

History

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

Armenpress reported that Azerbaijan continuously violated the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement in the direction of the village.

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a 13th-century khachkar, the 19th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit.'Holy Mother of God'), a 19th/20th-century cemetery, as well as World War II and Artsakh War memorials.

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.

Demographics

The village had 403 inhabitants in 2005, and 524 inhabitants in 2015.

References

  1. ^ Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  2. ^ "Azərbaycan Respublikasının bəzi rayonlarının inzibati-ərazi bölgüsündə qismən dəyişikliklər edilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikasının Qanunu". e-qanun.az. 1999-10-05. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  3. ^ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
  4. ^ "Azerbaijan again violates ceasefire in Khramort direction in Artsakh". Armenpress. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  5. ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.