Official Name: | Kanach Tala / Goytala |
Native Name: | Կանաչ Թալա / Göytala |
Pushpin Map: | Azerbaijan |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type2: | Country |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Shusha |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Total: | 16 |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Coordinates: | 39.6783°N 46.6151°W |
Kanach Tala (Armenian: Կանաչ Թալա) or Goytala (Azerbaijani: Göytala) is a village located in the Shusha District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an Azerbaijani-majority population before they fled the fighting of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.[2]
During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Shusha 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 village, and a 19th-century cemetery.[1]
The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. The village is a part of the community of Yeghtsahogh.[1]
The village had 9 inhabitants in 2005,[3] and 16 inhabitants in 2015.[1]