Kajavan Explained

Official Name:	Kajavan / Amiranlar
Native Name:	Քաջավան / Əmiranlar
Pushpin Map:	Azerbaijan
Pushpin Mapsize:	300
Subdivision Type2:	Country
Subdivision Type3:	District
Subdivision Name3:	Khojavend
Population Footnotes:	^[1]
Population As Of:	2005
Population Total:	99
Timezone:	AZT
Utc Offset:	+4
Coordinates:	39.7997°N 47.1331°W

Kajavan (hy|Քաջավան) or Amiranlar (az|Əmiranlar) is a village located in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population^[2] until the exodus of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.^[3]

History

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

Economy and culture

The village is part of the community of Martuni.

Demographics

The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population of 99 inhabitants in 2005.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
2. Web site: Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война . Андрей Зубов . drugoivzgliad.com .
3. News: Sauer . Pjotr . 2 October 2023 . ‘It’s a ghost town’: UN arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh to find ethnic Armenians have fled . en-GB . . 9 November 2023 . 0261-3077.
4. Web site: Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015). Hakob Ghahramanyan.