Mushkapat Explained

Mushkapat
Native Name:Մուշկապատ
Official Name:Müşkapat
Pushpin Map:Azerbaijan
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Subdivision Type2:Country
Subdivision Type3: District
Subdivision Name3:Khojavend
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population As Of:2015
Population Total:372
Timezone:AZT
Utc Offset:+4
Coordinates:39.7714°N 46.9794°W
Elevation M:703

Mushkapat (Armenian: Մուշկապատ; Azerbaijani: Müşkapat) is a village located in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

History

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 the 17th/18th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին,).[1]

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, and a medical centre.[1]

Demographics

The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, had 351 inhabitants in 2005,[2] and 372 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015). Hakob Ghahramanyan.
  2. Web site: The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.