| Kherkhan | |
| Native Name: | Խերխան |
| Official Name: | Xərxan |
| Pushpin Map: | Azerbaijan |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Subdivision Type2: | Country |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Khojavend |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population As Of: | 2015 |
| Population Total: | 140 |
| Timezone: | AZT |
| Utc Offset: | +4 |
| Coordinates: | 39.7233°N 46.9461°W |
Kherkhan (Armenian: Խերխան; Azerbaijani: Xərxan) is a village located in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population before 2023 and in 1989.[2] The village lost 10% of its population as a result of both Nagorno-Karabakh wars.[3]
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 cemetery of Khacher (Armenian: Խաչեր,) from between the 11th and 14th centuries, the 19th-century St. George's Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Գևորգ եկեղեցի|Surb Gevorg Yekeghetsi), and a 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 school, and a medical centre.[1]
The village had 111 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 140 inhabitants in 2015.[1]