Khnushinak Խնուշինակ Xanoba | |
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  Khnushinak | |
| Coordinates:39°45′51.8″N47°02′25.8″E / 39.764389°N 47.040500°E /39.764389; 47.040500 | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| • District | Khojavend |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
• Total | 615 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Khnushinak (Armenian:Խնուշինակ) orKhanoba (Azerbaijani:Xanoba) is a village located in theKhojavend District ofAzerbaijan, in the region ofNagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakawayRepublic of Artsakh. The village had an ethnicArmenian-majority population[2] until theexodus of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh following the2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.[3]
During theSoviet period, the village was a part of theMartuni District of theNagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the 19th-century church ofSurb Astvatsatsin (Armenian:Սուրբ Աստվածածին,lit. 'Holy Mother of God'), and the 19th/20th-century village ofHin Khnushinak (Armenian:Հին Խնուշինակ,lit. 'Old Khnushinak')[1]
The population is mainly engaged inagriculture andanimal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a house of culture, a secondary school, two shops, and a medical centre.[1]
The village had 664 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 615 inhabitants in 2015.[1]
Capital:Martuni | ||
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| Not under Artsakh control |
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