Şahyeri
Şahyeri (Shahyeri) or Sarinshen (Armenian: Սարինշեն) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[2]
Shahyeri / Sarinshen
Şahyeri / Սարինշեն | |
|---|---|
  Shahyeri / Sarinshen  Shahyeri / Sarinshen | |
| Coordinates: 39°30′31″N 46°59′00″E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan
 Republic of Artsakh (claimed) |
| District | Khojavend |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
| • Total | 15 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
History
During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Hadrut District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
The village came under the control of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as part of its Hadrut Province after the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. The village was captured by Azerbaijan during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.
References
- Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
- Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
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