Kaghartsi
Kaghartsi is a village located in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population until the expulsion of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh by Azerbaijan following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.
History
During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Martuni District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a 13th-century khachkar, the 17th/18th-century chapel of Lusavorich, an 18th/19th-century cemetery, a 19th-century spring monument, and the 19th-century monastery church of Targmanchats.
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, and a medical centre.
Demographics
The village had 337 inhabitants in 2005, and 306 inhabitants in 2015.