Piçənis (Pichanis) is a village in the Lachin District of Azerbaijan.
Piçənis | |
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| Coordinates: 39°48′11″N 46°26′48″E / 39.80306°N 46.44667°E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| District | Lachin |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
| • Total | 68 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
History
editThe village was located in the Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, coming under the control of ethnic Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in the early 1990s. The village subsequently became part of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as part of its Kashatagh Province, where it was known as Vakunis (Armenian: Վակունիս). It was returned to Azerbaijan as part of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement.
Historical heritage sites
editHistorical heritage sites in and around the village include a medieval village, the medieval village of Aghjayaz (Armenian: Աղջայազ), two 13th-century khachkars, a 15th/16th-century khachkar, a 17th-century church, a 17th/18th-century tombstone, a 19th century cemetery, and a 19th-century mausoleum.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
External links
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