Ataqut
Atagut or Taghut is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 [Nagorno-Karabakh war], and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.
History
During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Hadrut District of the Nagorno-Karabakh [Autonomous Oblast]. After the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was administrated as part of the Hadrut Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village came under the control of Azerbaijan on 7 November 2020, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a 17th-century spring monument, an 18th-century caravanserai, an 18th/19th-century cemetery, a 19th-century watermill, and the 19th-century St. John's Church.
Demographics
The village had 198 inhabitants in 2005, and 205 inhabitants in 2015.