Machkalashen | |
Native Name: | Մաճկալաշեն |
Official Name: | Cütcü |
Pushpin Map: | Azerbaijan |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type2: | Country |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Khojavend |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Total: | 546 |
Timezone: | AZT |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Coordinates: | 39.6939°N 47.0289°W |
Machkalashen (Armenian: Մաճկալաշեն; Azerbaijani: Cütcü) 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 Amaras Monastery is located close to the village.
During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Martuni District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
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, a kindergarten, and a medical centre.[1]
The village had 593 inhabitants in 2005,[3] and 546 inhabitants in 2015.[1]