Official Name: | Sarushen / Daghyurd |
Native Name: | Սարուշեն / Dağyurd |
Pushpin Map: | Azerbaijan#Karabakh |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Khojaly |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Total: | 378 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | AZT |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Coordinates: | 39.7222°N 46.9056°W |
Elevation M: | 1095 |
Sarushen (Armenian: Սարուշեն) or Daghyurd (Azerbaijani: Dağyurd) is a village in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan. The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[2] It was under the de facto control of breakaway Republic of Artsakh until the Azerbaijani takeover of the region in 2023.[3]
During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Askeran District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a 12th/13th-century khachkar, the 17th-century church of Pirumashen (Armenian: Փիրումաշեն), restored in 2014 (possibly originating from as early as the 12th/13th century[4]), the 18th/19th-century village of Pirumashen (Armenian: Փիրումաշեն), an 18th/19th-century cemetery, and the 19th-century church of Surb Amenaprkich (Armenian: Սուրբ Ամենափրկիչ,).[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, four shops, and a medical centre.[1]
The village had 388 inhabitants in 2005,[5] and 378 inhabitants in 2015.[1]