Official Name: | Karmir Shuka / Girmizi Bazar |
Native Name: | Կարմիր Շուկա / Qırmızı Bazar |
Pushpin Map: | Azerbaijan#Karabakh |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Azerbaijan |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Khojavend |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Total: | 1113 |
Timezone: | AZT |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Coordinates: | 39.6758°N 46.9486°W |
Karmir Shuka (hy|Կարմիր Շուկա) or Girmizi Bazar (az|Qırmızı Bazar) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population[2] until the exodus of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.[3]
The name of the village was Krasny Bazar (ru|Красный Базар) during the Soviet Union, meaning "Red Market" in Russian. The Armenian name, and the Azerbaijani rendering, also mean "Red Market".[4]
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 Tnjri, a 2,000-year-old Oriental Plane, the 12th/13th-century village of Mavas (hy|Մավաս), a 12th/13th-century khachkar, a cemetery from between the 17th and 18th centuries, the 17th-century monastic complex of Yerek Mankuk (hy|Երեք մանկուք) in Mavas, the church of Surb Astvatsatsin (hy|Սուրբ Աստվածածին,) built in 1731 near the nearby village of Skhtorashen, and the 18th-century St. George's Chapel Church (hy|Սուրբ Գևորգ մատուռ-եկեղեցի|Surb Gevorg Matur-Yekeghetsi).[1] [5]
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, eight shops, and a medical centre. The community of Karmir Shuka includes the village of Skhtorashen.[1]
The village had 926 inhabitants in 2005,[6] and 1,113 inhabitants in 2015.[1]