Rev / Shalva
Ռև / Şəlvə | |
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  Rev / Shalva  Rev / Shalva | |
| Coordinates: 39°59′09″N 46°42′50″E / 39.98583°N 46.71389°E | |
| Country | 
Azerbaijan |
| • District | Khojaly |
| Elevation | 984 m (3,228 ft) |
| Population (2015)
[1] | |
| • Total | 110 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 ( AZT) |
Rev ( Armenian: Ռև, also Rrev) or Shalva ( Azerbaijani: Şəlvə) is a village in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan. It was under the de facto control of breakaway Republic of Artsakh until the Azerbaijani takeover of the region in 2023. [2]
During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Askeran District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include an 18th/19th-century cemetery, St. Stephen's Church ( Armenian: Սուրբ Ստեփանոս եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Stepanos Yekeghetsi) built in 1894, and a 19th-century spring monument. [1]
The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a house of culture, and a medical centre. Students study in the secondary school of the neighboring village of Tsaghkashat. [1]
The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population. It had 113 inhabitants in 2005, [3] and 110 inhabitants in 2015. [1]
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St. Stephen's Church -
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First aid station -
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WWII memorial
- ^ a b c d Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
- ^ Nagorno-Karabakh’s breakaway government says it will dissolve itself, The Guardian, 28 Sep 2023, archieved on 15 Nov 2023
- ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
Capital:
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| Not under Artsakh control | ||
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