Sor, Azerbaijan

Sor or Tsor is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed 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 9 October 2020, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the 18th/19th-century church of Surb Amenaprkich.

Demographics

The village had 24 inhabitants in 2005, and 20 inhabitants in 2015.