Official Name: | Dashushen / Dashkand |
Native Name: | Դաշուշեն / Daşkənd |
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: | 133 |
Timezone: | AZT |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Coordinates: | 39.7972°N 46.7831°W |
Dashushen (Armenian: Դաշուշեն) or Dashkand (Azerbaijani: Daşkənd) is a village in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan. It was under the de facto control of breakaway Republic of Artsakh until the Azerbaijani offensive in the region in 2023.[2]
During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Askeran District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. Since October 2023 it is under Azerbaijani forces control.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the 17th/18th-century shrine of St. Saribek (Armenian: Սուրբ Սարիբեկ սրբատեղի|Surb Saribek Srbateghi), the church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին,) built in 1843, a spring monument from 1898, as well as a 19th-century bridge and cemetery.[1]
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]
The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, had 120 inhabitants in 2005,[3] and 133 inhabitants in 2015.[1]