Patara ( hy, Պատարա) or Badara ( hy, Բադարա) is a village ''

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'' in the Askeran Province of the breakaway

Republic of Artsakh Artsakh, officially the Republic of Artsakh () or the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (),, is a breakaway state in the South Caucasus whose territory is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan. Artsakh controls a part of the former ...

, ''

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'' in the

Khojaly District Khojaly District ( az, Xocalı rayonu) is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the west of the country and belongs to the Karabakh Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Kalbajar, Lachin, Shusha, Agdam and Khoj ...

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, in the disputed region of

Nagorno-Karabakh Nagorno-Karabakh ( ) is a landlocked region in the South Caucasus, within the mountainous range of Karabakh, lying between Lower Karabakh and Syunik, and covering the southeastern range of the Lesser Caucasus mountains. The region is m ...

. The village has an ethnic

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-majority population, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.

Toponymy

The village was historically known as ''Ptretsik'' ( hy, Պտրեցիկ).

History

During the

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period, the village was a part of the Askeran District of the

Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO), DQMV, hy, Լեռնային Ղարաբաղի Ինքնավար Մարզ, ԼՂԻՄ was an autonomous oblast within the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic that was created on July 7, 1923. Its cap ...

. After the

2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war The Second Nagorno-Karabakh War was an armed conflict in 2020 that took place in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding territories. It was a major escalation of an unresolved conflict over the region, involving Azerbai ...

, Artsakh launched the construction of a new settlement for

IDPs An internally displaced person (IDP) is someone who is forced to leave their home but who remains within their country's borders. They are often referred to as refugees, although they do not fall within the legal definitions of a refugee. A ...

in the area between Patara and the neighboring village of Astghashen, for people displaced from the villages of Sghnakh, Jraghatsner, Madatashen and Moshkhmhat in the Askeran Province.

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the small chapel of ''Drbasut Yeghtsi'' ( hy, Դրբասուտ Եղցի), a cemetery from between the 9th and 13th centuries, a village, cemetery, and khachkar from between the 10th and 13th centuries, a 12th/13th-century fortress, the church of ''Tsera Nahatak'' ( hy, Ծերա Նահատակ) built in 1326, the 12th/13th-century monastery of ''Okhty Yeghtsi'' ( hy, Օխտը Եղցի), the 12th/13th-century monastery of ''Otskavank'' ( hy, Օծկավանք), the 13th-century church of ''Surb Amenaprkich'' ( hy, Սուրբ Ամենափրկիչ, ), the restored three-nave St. Stephen's Church ( hy, Սուրբ Ստեփանոս եկեղեցի, Surb Stepanos Yekeghetsi) built in 1870, and a 19th-century

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Economy and culture

The population is mainly engaged in

agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people t ...

and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a secondary school, a house of culture, two shops, and a medical centre.

Demographics

The village had 849 inhabitants in 2005, and 815 inhabitants in 2015.

Gallery

Ստեփանոս եկեղեցի, Պատարա.jpg, St. Stephen's Church, built in 1870 Սրբավայր,_Պատարա.jpg, Religious shrine Գյուղապետարան, Պատարա.jpg, Municipal building Գյուղի դպրոց, Պատարա.jpg, Village school Գյուղի տեսարաններից, Պատարա.jpg, Vodka production in the village Արցախյան պատերազմում զոհվածների հիշատակին նվիրված հուշարձան, Պատարա.jpg, A monument to victims of the

Nagorno-Karabakh conflict The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is an ethnic and territorial conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, inhabited mostly by ethnic Armenians, and seven surrounding districts, inhabited mostly by Azerbaij ...

Գյուղի տեսարան, Պատարա.jpg, Scenery Գյուղի_համայնապատկեր,Patara.jpg, Panorama Հուշարձան,_Patara.jpg, Monument Օխտը եղցի.jpg, The 12th/13th-century Okhty Yeghtsi Monastery

References

External links

* * {{Portal bar, Geography Populated places in Askeran Province Populated places in Khojaly District