Hilis / Garakotuk
Հիլիս / Qarakötük
Qarakötük
Hilis / Garakotuk is located in Azerbaijan
Hilis / Garakotuk
Hilis / Garakotuk
Hilis / Garakotuk is located in Karabakh Economic Region
Hilis / Garakotuk
Hilis / Garakotuk
Coordinates: 39°57′17″N 46°41′51″E / 39.95472°N 46.69750°E / 39.95472; 46.69750
Country Azerbaijan
 • DistrictKhojaly
Elevation
909 m (2,982 ft)
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total180
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Hilis (Armenian: Հիլիս) or Garakotuk (Azerbaijani: Qarakötük, formerly İlis) is a village in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan. Prior to the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive, it was de facto controlled by the Republic of Artsakh as a village in its Askeran Province. The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[2]

History

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

Hilis was apart of the Republic of Artsakh until it's dissolution on 2024.

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a village and cemetery from between the 16th and 18th centuries, St. John's Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Հովհաննես եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Hovhannes Yekeghetsi) built in 1860, and a 19th-century spring monument.[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, the Hilis branch of the Khndzristan Secondary School, and a medical centre.[1]

Demographics

The village had 172 inhabitants in 2005,[3] and 180 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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. ↑ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.


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