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Kichan

Field	Value
name	Kichan / Ballygaya
native_name	Կիչան / Ballıqaya
pushpin_map	Azerbaijan
pushpin_mapsize	300
subdivision_type2	Country
subdivision_name2	Azerbaijan
subdivision_type3	District
subdivision_name3	Aghdara
population_footnotes
population_as_of	2015
population_total	178
timezone	AZT
utc_offset	+4
coordinates
elevation_m	935

Kichan (; ) is a village located in the Aghdara District of Azerbaijan. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population until the expulsion of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh by Azerbaijan following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.

History

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

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the monastery of Anapat () and a cemetery from between the 12th and 18th centuries, a 13th-century khachkar, an 18th-century chapel, and the 19th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin (, ).

Economy and culture

The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a secondary school, two shops and a medical centre.

Demographics

The village had 168 inhabitants in 2005, and 178 inhabitants in 2015.

References

Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война".
Sauer, Pjotr. (2 October 2023). "‘It’s a ghost town’: UN arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh to find ethnic Armenians have fled". [[The Guardian]].
"The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic".

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