Pircahan

Place in Lachin, Azerbaijan
39°43′34″N 46°26′08″E / 39.72611°N 46.43556°E / 39.72611; 46.43556Country AzerbaijanDistrictLachinPopulation
 (2015)[1]
 • Total103Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Pircahan (Pirjahan) is a village in the Lachin District of Azerbaijan.

History

The village was located in the Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, coming under the control of ethnic Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in the early 1990s. The village subsequently became part of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as part of its Kashatagh Province, referred to as Goghtanik (Armenian: Գողթանիկ). It was returned to Azerbaijan as part of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement.

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the bridge of Kotrats (Armenian: Կոտրած), a 12th-century khachkar, a 13th-century khachkar, a 17th/18th-century khachkar, and an 18th-century khachkar.[1]

Demographics

The village had 86 inhabitants in 2005,[2] and 103 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  2. ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.

External links

  • Pircahan at GEOnet Names Server
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