Nngi

Place
Nngi / Jamiyyat
Ննգի / Cəmiyyət
The Bovurkhan Monastery near Nngi
The Bovurkhan Monastery near Nngi
39°47′38″N 46°53′16″E / 39.79389°N 46.88778°E / 39.79389; 46.88778
Country Azerbaijan
 • DistrictKhojavend
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total334
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Nngi (Armenian: Ննգի) or Jamiyyat (Azerbaijani: Cəmiyyət) is a village located in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan. 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 Martuni District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the monastery complex of Bovurkhan (Armenian: Բովուրխան), a village from between the 11th and 17th centuries, and the church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit.'Holy Mother of God') built in 1895.[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, a secondary school, and a medical centre.[1]

Demographics

The village had 374 inhabitants in 2005,[3] and 334 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d 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.

External links

  • Nngi at GEOnet Names Server
  • A short documentary about the village on YouTube
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