Mirikənd
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Myurishen (, also Mirushen, ) or Mirikend () is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population until the expulsion of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh by Azerbaijan following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.
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- Settlement.name
- Myurishen
- Settlement.native_name
- Մյուրիշեն
- Settlement.official_name
- Mirikənd
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Mirishen, Memorial to fallen in WWII, 2014.05.10 - panoramio.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- WWII memorial in Myurishen
- 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.population_as_of
- 2015
- Settlement.population_total
- 160
- Settlement.timezone
- AZT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +4
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Myurishen (, also Mirushen, ) or Mirikend () is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population until the expulsion of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh by Azerbaijan following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.
== History == During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Martuni District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
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