Verin Sznek
Verin Sznek / Yukhary Yemishjan
Վերին Սզնեք / Yuxarı Yemişcan | |
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Yuxarı Yemişcan | |
Coordinates: 39°44′26.7″N 46°49′59.2″E / 39.740750°N 46.833111°E | |
Country | ![]() |
• District | Khojaly |
Elevation | 1,084 m (3,556 ft) |
Population (2015)[1] | |
• Total | 33 |
Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Verin Sznek (Armenian: Վերին Սզնեք) or Yukhary Yemishjan (Azerbaijani: Yuxarı Yemişcan) is a village in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan. Prior to the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive, it was de facto controlled by the Republic of Artsakh as a village in its Askeran Province.
History
[edit]During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Askeran District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Historical heritage sites
[edit]Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a cemetery from between the 16th and 19th centuries, the 18th/19th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit. 'Holy Mother of God'), and a 19th-century spring monument.[1]
Economy and culture
[edit]The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a house of culture, a medical centre, and a secondary school that is shared with the neighboring village of Nerkin Sznek.[1]
Demographics
[edit]The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, had 28 inhabitants in 2005,[2] and 33 inhabitants in 2015.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
- ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.