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Şıx Dursun
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Skhtorashen (, also Şıxtoraşen, Skhtorasher, and Suktorashen) or Shykh Dursun () 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 until the expulsion of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh by Azerbaijan following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in AZ, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony's link graph records 96 inbound references to Şıx Dursun, and connects out to Plantanus orientalis, Qırmızı Bazar and Khojavend.
It is catalogued under the topic Populated places in Khojavend District.
Vinony links it to 13 Wikipedia language editions.
Weather now
cached 2081h agoPlace details
- Locality
- Şıx Dursun
- Region
- Khojavend
- Country
- Azərbaycan
- Population
- 0
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Skhtorashen / Shykh Dursun
- Settlement.native_name
- Սխտորաշեն / Şıx Dursun
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Village of Shikh Dursun of Khojavand district.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- A sign towards Tnjri, a 2000-year old plane-tree near Skhtorashen
- Settlement.image_size
- 300px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Azerbaijan
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Khojavend
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2005
- Settlement.population_total
- 19
- Settlement.timezone
- AZT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +4
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Official name
- Şıx Dursun
- Country
- Azerbaijan
- Located in
- Khojavend District
- Population
- 19
- Time zone
- UTC+04:00
- Body of water
- Kondalanchay
- Image
- Village of Shikh Dursun of Khojavand district.jpg
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- Commons category
- Şıx Dursun
- native label
- Şıx Dursun
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Economy and culture
- Demographics
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Skhtorashen (, also Şıxtoraşen, Skhtorasher, and Suktorashen) or Shykh Dursun () 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 until the expulsion of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh by Azerbaijan following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Near the village is a 2042 years old (as of 2022) giant Oriental plane tree (Platanus orientalis) named Tnjri, with a circumference of 27 m and height of 54 m.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Şıx Dursun” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (2)
On the map
2 mapped locations