Chartar Explained

Chartar
Native Name:Ճարտար
Official Name:Çartar
Pushpin Map:Azerbaijan
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Azerbaijan
Subdivision Type3: District
Subdivision Name3:Khojavend
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population As Of:2015
Population Total:4100
Timezone:AZT
Utc Offset:+4
Coordinates:39.7581°N 47.0161°W

Chartar (Armenian: Ճարտար; Azerbaijani: Çartar) is a town in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The town had an ethnic Armenian-majority population, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[2]

Etymology

The name Chartar is of Armenian origin, meaning "dexterous, crafty".[3] [4] [5]

History

The area of Chartar is one of ancient Armenian settlement, being home to various monasteries, churches, and khachkars from the 12th-19th centuries.[6] Traditionally, it was part of the diocese of the Amaras Monastery. The modern town was populated by Armenians mostly from Agulis, Maghavuz, and Khachen. The town of Chartar was created out of a merger of the four villages of Ghuze Chartar, Ghuze Kaler, Gyune Chartar and Gyune Kaler.[6]

During the Soviet period, the town was a part of the Martuni District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.[6]

Historical and cultural heritage

Historical heritage sites in and around Chartar include Chartar Fortress (from between the 3rd and 1st centuries BCE), the Kohak Church (from between the 10th and 13th centuries), the St. Yeghishe Church from 1655, the church of Surb Amenaprkich (Armenian: Սուրբ Ամենափրկիչ,) founded in 1787, and the 19th-century St. George's Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Գևորգ եկեղեցի|Surb Gevorg Yekeghetsi).[7] [8] The St. Vardanank Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Վարդանանք եկեղեցի|Surb Vardanank Yekeghetsi) was consecrated in 2018 in Chartar.[9]

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, five schools, an art school, two kindergartens, nine shops, a hospital, and a medical centre.[8]

Demographics

According to the Caucasian calendar for 1910, the population of the village by 1908 was 2,757 people, mostly Armenians.[10] By the beginning of 1914, 2,350 inhabitants were recorded, also predominantly Armenians.[11]

Chartar had 3,951 inhabitants in 2005 (with the census divided between "Chartar" with 2,213 inhabitants and "Ghuze Chartar" with 1,738 inhabitants),[12] and 4,100 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Figures. 2015. stat-nkr.am.
  2. Web site: Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война . Андрей Зубов . drugoivzgliad.com .
  3. http://www.nayiri.com/imagedDictionaryBrowser.jsp?dictionaryId=7&query=%D5%B3%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%BF%D5%A1%D6%80 Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) “ճարտար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  4. http://www.nayiri.com/imagedDictionaryBrowser.jsp?dictionaryId=26&query=%D5%B3%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%BF%D5%A1%D6%80 Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ճարտար”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  5. http://www.nayiri.com/imagedDictionaryBrowser.jsp?dictionaryId=16&query=%D5%B3%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%BF%D5%A1%D6%80 Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “ճարտար”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  6. Book: Hakobyan. Tadevos Kh.. Melik-Bakhshyan. Stepan T.. Barseghyan. Hovhannes Kh.. Tadevos Hakobyan. Dictionary of Toponyms of Armenia and Adjacent Territories. Ճարտար [Čartar]. Հայաստանի և հարակից շրջանների տեղանունների բառարան. http://www.nayiri.com/imagedDictionaryBrowser.jsp?dictionaryId=61&dt=HY_HY&pageNumber=2670. 3. Yerevan State University Press. 1991. 606. 247335945. hy.
  7. Book: Kiesling. Brady. Raffi. Kojian. 2019. Rediscovering Armenia: An in-depth inventory of villages and monuments in Armenia and Artsakh. 3rd. Armeniapedia Publishing.
  8. Web site: Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015). Hakob Ghahramanyan.
  9. Web site: Ճարտար քաղաքում տեղի է ունեցել Սրբ Վարդանանք եկեղեցու օծման հանդիսավոր արարողությունը. Artsakh Press. 2018-06-16.
  10. Кавказский календарь на 1910 год. Caucasian calendar for 1910. ru. 65. Tiflis. Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1910. 233.
  11. Кавказский календарь на 1915 год. Caucasian calendar for 1915. ru. Tiflis. Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1915. 114.
  12. Web site: The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh. 2021-04-07. 2011-03-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20110302100506/http://census.stat-nkr.am/nkr/1-1.pdf. dead.

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