Azykh
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Azykh () or Azokh () is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village is situated on the river of Ishkhanchay () or Ishkhanaget (), near the Azykh Cave. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989. The village was part of the Hadrut Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh between 1992 and 2020.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Azykh / Azokh
- Settlement.native_name
- Azıx / Ազոխ
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Azokh village NKR.jpg
- Settlement.image_size
- 300px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Azerbaijan#Karabakh
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Khojavend
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2015
- Settlement.population_total
- 741
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- AZT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +4
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 686
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Official name
- Azıx
- Country
- Azerbaijan
- Located in
- Shusha Uezd
- Population
- 583
- Elevation
- 686
- Time zone
- UTC+04:00
- Image
- Azikh village of Khojavend District, Azerbaijan.jpg
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- Commons category
- Azıx
- native label
- Ազոխ
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Etymology
- History
- Historical heritage sites
- References
- External links
Azykh () or Azokh () is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village is situated on the river of Ishkhanchay () or Ishkhanaget (), near the Azykh Cave. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989. The village was part of the Hadrut Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh between 1992 and 2020.
== Etymology == According to the "Encyclopedic Dictionary of Azerbaijani Toponyms", the name Azykh originates from Old Turkic, meaning "bear den". According to the book "Historical-Architectural Monuments of Nagorno-Karabakh" by Shahen Mkrtchyan, the name Azokh originates from the Armenian word Ազոխ, Azokh, meaning "unripe grapes".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Azykh” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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