Khramort / Pirlar | |
Native Name: | Խրամորթ / Pirlər |
Pushpin Map: | Azerbaijan |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type2: | Country |
Subdivision Name2: | Azerbaijan |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Khojaly |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Total: | 524 |
Timezone: | AZT |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Coordinates: | 39.9919°N 46.8369°W |
Elevation M: | 575 |
Khramort (Armenian: Խրամորթ; Azerbaijani: Xramort) or Pirlar (Azerbaijani: Pirlər)[2] is a village located in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[3]
During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Askeran District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Armenpress reported that Azerbaijan continuously violated the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement in the direction of the village.[4]
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a 13th-century khachkar, the 19th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին,), a 19th/20th-century cemetery, as well as World War II and Artsakh War memorials.[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 and a medical centre.[1]
The village had 403 inhabitants in 2005,[5] and 524 inhabitants in 2015.[1]