Kert (Armenian: Քերթ) or Guzumkend (Azerbaijani: Quzumkənd) is a village located in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Kert / Guzumkend
Քերթ / Quzumkənd | |
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  Kert / Guzumkend | |
| Coordinates: 39°44′30″N 46°59′43″E / 39.74167°N 46.99528°E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| • District | Khojavend |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
| • Total | 572 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
History edit
During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Martuni District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Historical heritage sites edit
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the 19th-century St. George's Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Գևորգ եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Gevorg Yekeghetsi).[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 secondary school, two shops, and a medical centre.[1]
Demographics edit
The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population and had 567 inhabitants in 2005,[2] and 572 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.
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