Ashan | |
Official Name: | Heşan |
Native Name: | Աշան |
Pushpin Map: | Azerbaijan#Karabakh |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Khojavend |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Total: | 544 |
Timezone: | AZT |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Coordinates: | 39.8464°N 46.9969°W |
Elevation M: | 745 |
Ashan (Armenian: Աշան) or Heshan (Azerbaijani: Heşan) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village 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 a 7th-century chapel, a 17th/18th-century village and cemetery, and the 19th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին,).[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, a kindergarten, and a medical centre.[1]
The village had 588 inhabitants in 2005,[3] and 544 inhabitants in 2015.[1]