Hovsepavan

Hovsepavan (Armenian: Հովսեփավան) is a village de jure in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan, de facto in the Askeran Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh. The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, and had 128 inhabitants in 2005.[2] Hovsepavan is located 9 km from the regional center Askeran, and 15 km from the capital of Artsakh, Stepanakert. Situated on the flatlands, the community occupies 116.59 hectares, 76.91 hectares of which are agricultural. The main occupation of the population is farming and animal husbandry.[3] Hovsepavan was founded during the period of the Karabakh movement in Nagorno-Karabakh.[4]

Hovsepavan

Հովսեփավան
Hovsepavan
Hovsepavan
Coordinates: 39°55′01.5″N 46°45′42.4″E
Country Azerbaijan (de jure)
 Artsakh (de facto)
District
Province		Khojaly (de jure)
Askeran (de facto)
Population
 (2015[1])
 • Total176
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

References
  1. Hakob Ghahramanyan - Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)
  2. Population of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (2005)
  3. Hayastan All Armenian Fund - Hovsepavan Deep Water Well
  4. Berdpress - ՀՈՎՍԵՓԱՎԱՆ. ԵՍ ԿԱՌՈՒՑՈՒՄ ԵՄ ԻՄ ՀՈՂԻ ՎՐԱ
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