Bulutan Explained

Bulutan / Pletants
Native Name:Բլութան / Պլեթանց
Pushpin Map:Azerbaijan
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Azerbaijan
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Khojavend
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population As Of:2015
Population Total:28
Timezone:AZT
Utc Offset:+4
Coordinates:39.5372°N 47.0803°W

Bulutan (Armenian: Բլութան|Blutan) or Pletants (Armenian: Պլեթանց) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population in 1989.[2]

History

During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Hadrut District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. After the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was administrated as part of the Hadrut Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village came under the control of Azerbaijan on 14 October 2020, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war as part of the cease fire agreement.[3]

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include St. Stephen's Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Ստեփանոս եկեղեցի|Surb Stepanos Yekeghetsi, also known as the church of Blutan, Armenian: Բլութան) built in 1651, a 17th-century khachkar, a cemetery from between the 17th and 19th centuries, and a 19th-century watermill.[1]

Demographics

The village had 58 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 28 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015). Hakob Ghahramanyan.
  2. Web site: Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война . Андрей Зубов . drugoivzgliad.com .
  3. Web site: 2020-10-14 . Президент: Азербайджанская Армия освободила еще 8 сел . 2023-11-03 . Информационное Агентство Репорт . ru.
  4. Web site: The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh. 2022-05-21. 2011-03-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20110302100506/http://census.stat-nkr.am/nkr/1-1.pdf. dead.