Gunashli (, ) or Norashen (, ) is a village in the
Khojavend District
Khojavend District () is one of the 66 Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan, districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the west of the country in the Karabakh Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Lachin District, Lachin, Shush ...
of
Azerbaijan
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, in the
disputed region of
Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic
Armenian
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* Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent
** Armenian diaspora, Armenian communities around the ...
-majority population prior to the
2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.
History
During the
Soviet
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period, the village was part of the
Hadrut District of the
Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast
The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO) was an Autonomous oblasts of the Soviet Union, autonomous oblast within the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic that was created on July 7, 1923. Its capital was the city of Stepanakert. The majori ...
. After the
First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was administrated as part of the
Hadrut Province of the breakaway
Republic of Artsakh. The village was rebuilt after the war, and in September 2006 a new school was built. The village came under the control of Azerbaijan on 20 October 2020, during the
2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.
Historical heritage sites
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include
khachkars from between the 9th and 11th centuries, a 19th-century cemetery, and the church of ''Hin Norashen'' (, ) built in 1893.
Demographics
The village had 112 inhabitants in 2005,
and 159 inhabitants in 2015.
References
External links
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Populated places in Khojavend District
Former Armenian inhabited settlements
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