Sor, Azerbaijan

Sor (Armenian: Սոր) or Tsor (Armenian: Ցոր) 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]

Sor / Tsor
Սոր / Ցոր
Sor / Tsor is located in Azerbaijan
Sor / Tsor
Sor / Tsor
Sor / Tsor is located in Republic of Artsakh
Sor / Tsor
Sor / Tsor
Coordinates: 39°29′21″N 47°01′20″E
Country Azerbaijan
DistrictKhojavend
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total20
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

History

During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Hadrut District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. After the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was administrated as part of the Hadrut Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village came under the control of Azerbaijan on 9 October 2020, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the 18th/19th-century church of Surb Amenaprkich (Armenian: Սուրբ Ամենափրկիչ, lit. 'Holy Savior').[3]

Demographics

The village had 24 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 20 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

References
  1. Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  2. Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
  3. Kiesling, Brady; Kojian, Raffi (2019). Rediscovering Armenia: An in-depth inventory of villages and monuments in Armenia and Artsakh (3rd ed.). Armeniapedia Publishing.
  4. "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
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