Official Name: | Tsovategh / Zavadykh |
Native Name: | Ծովատեղ / Zavadıx |
Pushpin Map: | Azerbaijan |
Subdivision Type2: | Country |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Khojavend |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Total: | 159 |
Timezone: | AZT |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Coordinates: | 39.72°N 46.9553°W |
Tsovategh (hy|Ծովատեղ) or Zavadykh (az|Zavadıx) is a village located 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]
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 a 12th/13th-century khachkar, the 17th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin (hy|Սուրբ Աստվածածին,), the church of Karmir Yeghtsi (hy|Կարմիր եղցի) built in 1621, and an 18th-century manor house.[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 school, and a medical centre.[1]
The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, had 151 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 159 inhabitants in 2015.[1]