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Vaghuhas

Field	Value
name	Vaghuhas
native_name	Վաղուհաս
official_name	Qozlu
image_skyline	Вагуас3.jpg
image_size	300px
pushpin_map	Azerbaijan#East Zangezur
pushpin_mapsize	300
subdivision_type2	Country
subdivision_name2	Azerbaijan
subdivision_type3	District
subdivision_name3	Aghdara
population_footnotes
population_as_of	2015
population_total	678
timezone	AZT
utc_offset	+4
coordinates
elevation_m	988

Vaghuhas () or Gozlu () is a village located in the Aghdara 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 until the expulsion of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh by Azerbaijan following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.

History

Խաթրավանք}}) built in 1204, near Vaghuhas

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

According to civilian reports, during the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijani soldiers entered the village and forcibly demanded that its entire Armenian population leave while firing their weapons in the air.

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the ruins of the ancient Armenian settlement of Mayrakahag (), including the Tiramayr Monastery () built in 1183, an 8th/9th-century chapel, a 12th/13th-century cemetery, the monastery of Khatravank () built in 1204, the monastery of Karmiravan () built in 1224, also known as the Red Monastery – Karmir Vank, Կարմիր վանք, and the medieval village of Hin Vaghuhas (, ).

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, seven shops, and a medical centre.

Demographics

The village had 638 inhabitants in 2005, and 678 inhabitants in 2015.

Gallery

Вагуас2.jpg|Scenery around Vaghuhas Вагуас4.jpg|Forest near the village Vakhuas.JPG|A sign in Armenian reading "Vaghuhas" «Խաթրավանք» վանական համալիր 1.jpg|Khachkars of Khatravank Вагуас5.jpg|Forest near the village Вагуас.jpg|Aerial view of Vaghuhas Khatravanq Monastery 48.jpg|Interior of Khatravank Khatyrvank temple in Qozlu.jpg|The 13th-century Karmiravan Monastery Khatyrvank temple in Qozlu7.jpg|Inscriptions in Armenian on the walls of the Karmiravan Monastery

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]].
Hauer, Neil. (September 29, 2023). "Tragedy in real time: The Armenian exodus from Nagorno-Karabakh". [[CTV News]].
(September 27, 2023). "Stranded in Goris: Karabakh Family Sleeps in Van". [[Hetq]].
Ш. Мкртчян / Майракахак или монастырь Тирамайр /Историко-архитектурные памятники Нагорно-Карабаха/ стр. 47-48 (360)
"The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic".

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