Goghtanik
Goghtanik (Armenian: Գողթանիկ; Azerbaijani: Qabaxlı) is a village in the Yeghegis Municipality of the Vayots Dzor Province in Armenia. The village had an Azerbaijani-majority population in 1988, before the exodus of Azerbaijanis from Armenia after the outbreak of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Goghtanik
Գողթանիկ Qabaxlı | |
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  Goghtanik | |
| Coordinates: 39°52′02″N 45°28′19″E | |
| Country |  Armenia |
| Province | Vayots Dzor |
| Municipality | Yeghegis |
| Population (2011[1]) | |
| • Total | 190 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AMT) |
Demographics
According to the "Caucasian Calendar" of 1915, 614 people lived in the village, with all of them being ethnic Azerbaijanis.[2] Population rose to 763 by 1916, but reduced to 330 by 1931.[3]
Gallery
View of Goghtanik and the neighboring Hermon village
References
- 2011 population census of the Republic of Armenia
- "Caucasian Calendar. Tiflis 1912" (in Russian). p. 118.
- Zaven Korkotyan (1932). Խորհրդային Հայաստանի բնակչությունը վերջին հարյուրամյակում (1831-1931) (in Armenian). Հրատարակություն Մելքոնյան Ֆոնդի. p. 92, 93.
External links
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- Goghtanik at GEOnet Names Server
- Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
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