Gishi | |
Native Name: | Գիշի |
Official Name: | Kiş |
Pushpin Map: | Azerbaijan |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type2: | Country |
Subdivision Name2: | Azerbaijan |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Khojavend |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Total: | 1,115 |
Timezone: | AZT |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Coordinates: | 39.7753°N 47.0203°W |
Gishi (Armenian: Գիշի, also, Armenian: Գիշ) or Kish (Azerbaijani: Kiş) is a village in the Khojavend 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 Martuni District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the 18th/19th-century shrine of Voske Khach (Armenian: Ոսկե խաչ), and an 18th/19th-century spring monument.[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 secondary school, six shops, and a medical centre.[1]
The village had 1,234 inhabitants in 2005,[3] and 1,115 inhabitants in 2015.[1]