Mincivan Explained

Official Name:Mincivan
Pushpin Map:Azerbaijan
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Azerbaijan
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Zangilan
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population As Of:2015
Population Total:300
Timezone:UTC
Utc Offset:+4
Coordinates:39.03°N 46.7186°W

Mincivan is a town in the Zangilan District of Azerbaijan.

History

Mincivan was part of the Zangezur Uyezd of the Elisabethpol Governorate in the Russian Empire.

The town was located in the Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, coming under the control of ethnic Armenian forces in 1993 during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.

The town subsequently became part of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as part of its Kashatagh Province, referred to as Mijnavan (Armenian: Միջնավան).

It was recaptured by Azerbaijan on 21 October 2020 during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[2] [3]

Demographics

According to the Soviet census of 1933, Mincivan town of Zangilan District of Azerbaijan SSR had 322 residents (169 men, 153 women). The entire village council (the villages of Bakharly, Dellakli and Tarakeme), whose center was Minjivan, consisted solely of Azerbaijanis.[4] Mincivan had 5,506 residents in 1989,[5] 344 in 2005,[6] and 300 in 2015.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200912090543/http://stat-nkr.am/files/publications/2015/LXH_tverov_2015.pdf 2015 Artsakh official census
  2. azpresident . 1318949747919642625 . 21 October 2020 . Rəşadətli Azərbaycan Ordusu Zəngilan rayonunun Mincivan qəsəbəsi.. .
  3. News: Aliyev announces control seized over 22 settlements in Karabakh . 22 October 2020 . . 21 October 2020.
  4. Book: 1933 . 100 . Административное деление АССР . Administrative division of the ASSR . Baku: AzUNKHU Edition .
  5. Web site: Demoscope Weekly - Application. Handbook of statistical indicators . . 2017 . www.demoscope.ru .
  6. Web site: The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20200912090543/http://stat-nkr.am/files/publications/2015/LXH_tverov_2015.pdf 2015 Artsakh official census