Sos ( hy, Սոս) is a village ''

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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 village has an ethnic

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

History

During the

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period, the village 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 heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include Amaras Monastery (established in the 4th century, rebuilt in 1858), the 5th/6th-century St. Lusavorich monastic complex and pilgrimage site, the 19th-century St. George's Church ( hy, Սուրբ Գևորգ եկեղեցի, Surb Gevorg Yekeghetsi), and the Tevosants Spring (hydrology), spring monument (1902).

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, a kindergarten, three shops, and a medical centre.

Demographics

The village had 1,016 inhabitants in 2005, and 1,089 inhabitants in 2015.

Gallery

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References

External links

* * {{Portal bar, Geography Populated places in Martuni Province Populated places in Khojavend District