Official Name: | Arajadzor / Dovshanly |
Native Name: | Առաջաձոր / Dovşanlı |
Pushpin Map: | Azerbaijan#East Zangezur |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type2: | Country |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Kalbajar |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Total: | 787 |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Coordinates: | 40.0603°N 46.6111°W |
Arajadzor (Armenian: Առաջաձոր) or Dovshanly (Azerbaijani: Dovşanlı) is a village located in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population before 2023 and in 1989.[2]
During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Mardakert District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include tombs from the 2nd–1st millennia BCE, a 12th/13th-century khachkar, the 12th/13th-century fortress of Tsiranakar (Armenian: Ծիրանաքար), the Harva Church (Armenian: Հարվա եկեղեցի) built in 1249, and the church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին,) built in 1668.[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, and a medical centre.[1]
The village had 741 inhabitants in 2005,[3] and 787 inhabitants in 2015.[1]