Dahrav Explained

Dahrav / Gayabashy
Native Name:Դահրավ / Qayabaşı
Pushpin Map:Azerbaijan
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Azerbaijan
Subdivision Type1: District
Subdivision Name1:Khojaly
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population As Of:2015
Population Total:179
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:AZT
Utc Offset:+4
Coordinates:39.8936°N 46.6994°W
Elevation M:863

Dahrav (hy|Դահրավ) or Gayabashy[2] (az|Qayabaşı) is a village in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population[3] until the exodus of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.[4]

History

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

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include mural khachkars from 1081 and 1276, the 12th/13th-century church of Sren Nahatak (hy|Սռեն նահատակ), a 12th/13th-century chapel, a cemetery from between the 16th and 19th centuries, the 17th/18th-century shrine of Yeghtsahogh (hy|Եղցահող), an 18th/19th-century shrine, a 19th-century spring monument, the spring monument of Raffi (hy|Րաֆֆի) from 1800, and the 19th-century St. John's Church (hy|Սուրբ Հովհաննես եկեղեցի|Surb Hovhannes Yekeghetsi).[1]

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 school, and a medical centre.[1]

Demographics

The village had 216 inhabitants in 2005,[5] and 179 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015). Hakob Ghahramanyan.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20191014164423/http://www.e-qanun.az/framework/7976 Azərbaycan Respublikasının bəzi yaşayış məntəqələrinin tarixi adlarının bərpası və dəqiqləşdirilməsi haqqında
  3. Web site: Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война . Андрей Зубов . drugoivzgliad.com .
  4. News: Sauer . Pjotr . 2 October 2023 . ‘It’s a ghost town’: UN arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh to find ethnic Armenians have fled . en-GB . . 9 November 2023 . 0261-3077.
  5. Web site: The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.