Azykh

Azykh / Azokh
Azıx / Ազոխ
Azykh / Azokh is located in Azerbaijan
Azykh / Azokh
Azykh / Azokh
Azykh / Azokh is located in Karabakh Economic Region
Azykh / Azokh
Azykh / Azokh
Coordinates: 39°37′14″N 46°58′42″E / 39.62056°N 46.97833°E / 39.62056; 46.97833
Country Azerbaijan
DistrictKhojavend
Elevation
686 m (2,251 ft)
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total741
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Azykh (Azerbaijani: Azıx) or Azokh (Armenian: Ազոխ)[2] is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village is situated on the river of Ishkhanchay (Azerbaijani: İşxançay) or Ishkhanaget (Armenian: Իշխանագետ), near the Azykh Cave. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[3] The village was part of the Hadrut Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh between 1992 and 2020.

  1. ^ Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  2. ^ "Azix, Azerbaijan". Falling Rain.
  3. ^ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.