Baharlı, Khojaly Explained

Official Name:Baharly / Moshkhmhat
Native Name:Baharlı / Մոշխմհատ
Pushpin Map:Azerbaijan#Karabakh
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Azerbaijan
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Khojaly
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population As Of:2015
Population Total:64
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:AZT
Utc Offset:+4
Coordinates:39.6831°N 46.8519°W

Baharly (Azerbaijani: Baharlı; formerly Quşçubaba)[2] [3] or Moshkhmhat (Armenian: Մոշխմհատ, Azerbaijani: Moşxmhat) is a village in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[4]

History

During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Askeran District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. After the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was administrated as part of the Askeran Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village was captured by Azerbaijan on 7 November 2020, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[5]

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the monastery of Ghevondyats Anapat (Armenian: Ղևոնդյաց անապատ, also known as the monastery of Ghondik, Armenian: Ղոնդիկ) from between the 5th and 19th centuries, a 12th/13th-century khachkar, a 17th-century spring monument, a 17th/18th-century bridge, a 19th-century cemetery, a 19th-century watermill, and the 19th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին,).[1]

Demographics

The village had 61 inhabitants in 2005,[6] and 64 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015). Hakob Ghahramanyan.
  2. Военно-топографическая пятиверстная карта Кавказского края 1926 года.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20191014164423/http://www.e-qanun.az/framework/7976 Azərbaycan Respublikasının bəzi yaşayış məntəqələrinin tarixi adlarının bərpası və dəqiqləşdirilməsi haqqında
  4. Web site: Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война . Андрей Зубов . drugoivzgliad.com .
  5. Web site: Bu kəndlər də azad edildi. az. 7 October 2020. aznews.az.
  6. Web site: The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.