Chartar (Armenian: Ճարտար; Azerbaijani: Çartar) is a town de facto and de jure in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The town has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[2]
Chartar
Ճարտար | |
|---|---|
| Çartar | |
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  Chartar  Chartar | |
| Coordinates: 39°45′29″N 47°00′58″E / 39.75806°N 47.01611°E | |
| Country (de jure/de facto) |  Azerbaijan |
| • District | Khojavend |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
| • Total | 4,100 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AMT) |
History
The town of Chartar was created out of a merger of the four villages of Ghuze Chartar, Ghuze Kaler, Gyune Chartar and Gyune Kaler.[3]
During the Soviet period, the town was a part of the Martuni District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Historical and cultural heritage
Historical heritage sites in and around Chartar include Chartar Fortress (from between the 3rd and 1st centuries BCE), the Kohak Church (from between the 10th and 13th centuries), the St. Yeghishe Church from 1655, the church of Surb Amenaprkich (Armenian: Սուրբ Ամենափրկիչ, lit. 'Holy Savior') founded in 1787, and the 19th-century St. George's Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Գևորգ եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Gevorg Yekeghetsi).[3][4] The St. Vardanank Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Վարդանանք եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Vardanank Yekeghetsi) was consecrated in 2018 in Chartar.[5]
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, five schools, an art school, two kindergartens, nine shops, a hospital, and a medical centre.[4]
Demographics
Chartar had 3,951 inhabitants in 2005 (with the census divided between "Chartar" with 2,213 inhabitants and "Ghuze Chartar" with 1,738 inhabitants),[6] and 4,100 inhabitants in 2015.[1]
Gallery
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Chartar House of Culture (also called the "Sports and Cultural Palace" of Chartar) -
WWII monument -
13th-century khachkar near the St. Yeghishe Church -
Tombstone near the St. Yeghishe Church -
A view of the town -
Monument to the fallen in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War -
Chartar Fortress -
St. Yeghishe Church interior
Notable people
- Nelson Davidyan, Olympic silver medalist and two-time world champion in Greco-Roman wrestling
References
- ^ a b "Figures" (PDF). stat-nkr.am. 2015.
- ^ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
- ^ a b Kiesling, Brady; Kojian, Raffi (2019). Rediscovering Armenia: An in-depth inventory of villages and monuments in Armenia and Artsakh (3rd ed.). Armeniapedia Publishing.
- ^ a b Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
- ^ "Ճարտար քաղաքում տեղի է ունեցել Սրբ Վարդանանք եկեղեցու օծման հանդիսավոր արարողությունը". Artsakh Press. 2018-06-16.
- ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
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