Hatsi

Hatsi Հացի
Çörəkli
Bri Yeghtsi monastic complex near Hatsi
Hatsi
Coordinates: 39°50′41″N 46°57′27″E
Country	Azerbaijan
• District	Khojavend
Population  (2015)[1]
• Total	234
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)

Hatsi (Armenian: Հացի, also Gatsi) or Chorakli (Azerbaijani: Çörəkli) is a village located in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population^[2] until the exodus of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.^[3]

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 monastery complex of Bri Yeghtsi (Armenian: Բռի եղցի) from between the 7th and 17th centuries, and a 13th-century mural khachkar.^[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 school, and a medical centre.^[1]

Demographics

The village had 234 inhabitants in 2005,^[4] and 234 inhabitants in 2015.^[1]

Gallery

• Bri Yeghtsi monastic complex near Hatsi
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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. Sauer, Pjotr (2 October 2023). "'It's a ghost town': UN arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh to find ethnic Armenians have fled". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
4. "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-03-02. Retrieved 2021-01-17.

External links

• Hatsi at GEOnet Names Server