Mincivan () is a town in the Zangilan District of

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History

Mincivan was part of the Zangezur Uyezd of the Elisabethpol Governorate in the

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. The town was located in the

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, coming under the control of ethnic Armenian forces in 1993 during the

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. The town subsequently became part of the breakaway

Republic of Artsakh Artsakh ( ), officially the Republic of Artsakh or the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh ( ), was a breakaway state in the South Caucasus whose territory was internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan. Between 1991 and 2023, Artsakh cont ...

as part of its

Kashatagh Province Kashatagh Province () was a Administrative divisions of the Republic of Artsakh, province of the Republic of Artsakh. It was the largest province by area (3,376.60 km2). The population as of 2013 was 9,656. Its capital was Lachin, Berdzor. ...

, referred to as Mijnavan (). It was recaptured by Azerbaijan on 21 October 2020 during the

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Demographics

According to the Soviet census of 1933, Mincivan town of Zangilan District of

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had 322 residents (169 men, 153 women). The entire village council (the villages of Bakharly, Dellakli and Tarakeme), whose center was Minjivan, consisted solely of

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. Mincivan had 5,506 residents in 1989, 344 in 2005, and 300 in 2015.2015 Artsakh official census
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Gallery

Mijnavan120.jpg, Forested road in Mincivan Mijnavan139.jpg Mijnavan Municipality.jpg, Armenian sign reading "Mijnavan" before its recapture by Azerbaijan

References

External links

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World Gazetteer: Azerbaijan
– World-Gazetteer.com Populated places in Zangilan District {{Zangilan-geo-stub