Chartar ( hy, Ճարտար; az, Çartar) is a town ''

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'' in the Martuni Province of the breakaway

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, ''

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'' in the Khojavend District of

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, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The town has an ethnic

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

History

The town of Chartar was created out of a merger of the four villages of ''Ghuze Chartar'', ''Ghuze Kaler'', ''Gyune Chartar'' and ''Gyune Kaler''. During the

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period, the town was a part of the

Martuni District Martuni District ( az, Martuni rayonu; hy, Մարտունու շրջան) was an administrative unit within the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO) of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic. History The administrative centre o ...

of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.

Historical and cultural heritage

Historical heritage sites in and around Chartar include Chartar Fortress (from between the 3rd and 1st centuries BCE), the Kohak Church (from between the 10th and 13th centuries), the St. Yeghishe Church from 1655, the church of ''Surb Amenaprkich'' ( hy, Սուրբ Ամենափրկիչ, ) founded in 1787, and the 19th-century St. George's Church ( hy, Սուրբ Գևորգ եկեղեցի, Surb Gevorg Yekeghetsi). The St. Vardanank Church ( hy, Սուրբ Վարդանանք եկեղեցի, Surb Vardanank Yekeghetsi) was consecrated in 2018 in Chartar.

Economy and culture

The population is mainly engaged in

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and

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. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a house of culture, five schools, an art school, two kindergartens, nine shops, a hospital, and a medical centre.

Demographics

Chartar had 3,951 inhabitants in 2005 (with the census divided between "Chartar" with 2,213 inhabitants and "Ghuze Chartar" with 1,738 inhabitants), and 4,100 inhabitants in 2015.

Gallery

Սևակ Ղուկասյանի անվան մարզամշակութային պալատ.jpg, Chartar House of Culture (also called the "Sports and Cultural Palace" of Chartar) Հուշարձան Երկրորդ աշխարհամարտում զոհվածների, Ճարտար, Մարտունի.jpg, WWII monument Խաչքար «Սբ. Եղիշե» եկեղեցու բակում, 13-րդ դար.jpg, 13th-century

khachkar A ''khachkar'', also known as a ''khatchkar'' or Armenian cross-stone ( hy, խաչքար, , խաչ xačʿ "cross" + քար kʿar "stone") is a carved, memorial stele bearing a cross, and often with additional motifs such as rosettes, in ...

near the St. Yeghishe Church Տապանաքար, Եկեղեցի «Սբ. Եղիշե», Ղշավանք.jpg, Tombstone near the St. Yeghishe Church Chartar2.JPG, A view of the town Արցախյան ազատամարտում զոհված նահատակների հուշարձան.jpg, Monument to the fallen in the

First Nagorno-Karabakh War The First Nagorno-Karabakh War, referred to in Armenia as the Artsakh Liberation War ( hy, Արցախյան ազատամարտ, Artsakhyan azatamart) was an ethnic and territorial conflict that took place from February 1988 to May 1994, in th ...

Ամրոց «Ճարտարի բերդ», մ.թ.ա. 1 դ. - 13 դ.jpg, Chartar Fortress «Սբ. Եղիշե» եկեղեցու խորանը.jpg, St. Yeghishe Church interior

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chartar Populated places in Martuni Province Populated places in Khojavend District Cities and towns in the Republic of Artsakh