Sos, Nagorno-Karabakh

Place
Sos
Սոս
39°42′46″N 47°00′33″E / 39.71278°N 47.00917°E / 39.71278; 47.00917
Country Azerbaijan
 • DistrictKhojavend
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total1,089
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Sos (Armenian: Սոս) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[2]

History

Amaras Monastery near Sos

During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Martuni District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include Amaras Monastery (established in the 4th century, rebuilt in 1858), the 5th/6th-century St. Lusavorich monastic complex and pilgrimage site, the 19th-century St. George's Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Գևորգ եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Gevorg Yekeghetsi), and the Tevosants spring monument (1902).[1][3]

Economy and culture

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, a kindergarten, three shops, and a medical centre.[1]

Demographics

The village had 1,016 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 1,089 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

Gallery

References

  1. ^ a b c d 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.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sos, Azerbaijan.
  • Sos, Nagorno-Karabakh at GEOnet Names Server
  • A short documentary about the village on YouTube
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