Hatsi

Hatsi (Armenian: Հացի, also Gatsi) or Chorakli (Azerbaijani: Çörəkli) is a village de facto in the Martuni Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh, de jure in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[2]

Hatsi
Հացի
Çörəkli
Bri Yeghtsi monastic complex near Hatsi
Hatsi
Hatsi
Coordinates: 39°50′41″N 46°57′27″E
Country (de facto) Artsakh
 • ProvinceMartuni
Country (de jure) Azerbaijan
 • DistrictKhojavend
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total234
Time zoneUTC+4 (AMT)

History

During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Martuni District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the monastery complex of Bri Yeghtsi (Armenian: Բռի եղցի) from between the 7th and 17th centuries, and a 13th-century mural khachkar.[1]

Economy and culture

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]

Demographics

The village had 234 inhabitants in 2005,[3] and 234 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

  • Bri Yeghtsi monastic complex near Hatsi

References
  1. Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  2. Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
  3. "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
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