Hilis Explained

Hilis / Garakotuk
Native Name:Հիլիս / Qarakötük
Official Name:Qarakötük
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:180
Timezone:AZT
Utc Offset:+4
Coordinates:39.9547°N 46.6975°W
Elevation M:909

Hilis (Armenian: Հիլիս) or Garakotuk (Azerbaijani: Qarakötük, formerly Azerbaijani: İlis) is a village in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan. Prior to the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive, it was de facto controlled by the Republic of Artsakh as a village in its Askeran Province. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population before the offensive and in 1989.[2]

History

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

Hilis was a part of the Republic of Artsakh until its dissolution on 2024.

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a village and cemetery from between the 16th and 18th centuries, St. John's Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Հովհաննես եկեղեցի|Surb Hovhannes Yekeghetsi) built in 1860, and a 19th-century spring monument.[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, the Hilis branch of the Khndzristan Secondary School, and a medical centre.[1]

Demographics

The village had 172 inhabitants in 2005,[3] and 180 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015). Hakob Ghahramanyan.
  2. Web site: Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война . Андрей Зубов . drugoivzgliad.com . 2020-10-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201020150302/https://drugoivzgliad.com/karabach-mir-i-voina-a-zubov/ . dead .
  3. Web site: The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.