Lusadzor, Nagorno-Karabakh Explained

Official Name:Lusadzor / Mehdibayli
Native Name:Լուսաձոր / Mehdibəyli
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:177
Timezone:AZT
Utc Offset:+4
Coordinates:39.8931°N 46.7311°W
Elevation M:823

Lusadzor (Armenian: Լուսաձոր) or Mehdibayli (Azerbaijani: Mehdibəyli) is a village located in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Toponymy

The village was known as Mekhdishen (Russian: Мехдишен) during the Soviet period.[2]

History

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

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a settlement, chapel-shrine and tombs from the 2nd–1st millennia BCE, as well as the 19th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին,).[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, a school, and a medical centre.[1]

Demographics

The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, had 177 inhabitants in 2005,[3] and 177 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: Azerbaijan (& Nagorno Karabakh) Topographic Map 1:200,000 Russian Soviet Military. Landmine Mapper. GigaPan.
  3. Web site: The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.