Official Name: | Çapar |
Native Name: | Չափար |
Chapar | |
Pushpin Map: | Azerbaijan#East Zangezur |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type2: | Country |
Subdivision Name2: | Azerbaijan |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Kalbajar |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Total: | 355 |
Timezone: | AZT |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Coordinates: | 40.1536°N 46.4239°W |
Chapar (Armenian: Չափար; Azerbaijani: Çapar) is a village located in the Kalbajar 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]
During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Mardakert District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the fortress of Hakarakaberd (Armenian: Հակառակաբերդ) from between the 9th and 13th centuries, the 12th/13th-century monastery of Karmir Kar (Armenian: Կարմիր քար), a 12th/13th-century cemetery and khachkar, the chapel of Sorpen Duz (Armenian: Սորփեն Դուզ) built in 1273, the medieval shrine of Ojakh (Armenian: Օջախ), and the village of Hin Chapar (Armenian: Հին Չափար,) dating from between the 17th and 19th centuries.[1]
The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a secondary school, a kindergarten, two shops, and a medical centre.[1]
The village had 252 inhabitants in 2005,[3] and 355 inhabitants in 2015.[1]