Skhtorashen / Shykh Dursun
Սխտորաշեն / Şıx Dursun | |
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 A sign towards Tnjri, a 2000-year old plane-tree near Skhtorashen | |
  Skhtorashen / Shykh Dursun | |
| Coordinates: 39°42′13″N 46°56′26″E / 39.70361°N 46.94056°E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| • District | Khojavend |
| Population (2005)[1] | |
| • Total | 19 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Skhtorashen (Armenian: Սխտորաշեն, also Şıxtoraşen, Skhtorasher, and Suktorashen) or Shykh Dursun (Azerbaijani: Şıx Dursun) is a village located in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population[2] until the exodus of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.[3]
Near the village is a 2042 years old (as of 2022) giant Oriental plane tree (Platanus orientalis) named Tnjri, with a circumference of 27 m and height of 54 m.
- ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
- ^ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
- ^ Sauer, Pjotr (2 October 2023). "'It's a ghost town': UN arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh to find ethnic Armenians have fled". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 November 2023.