Nerkin Horatagh / Ortakend | |
Native Name: | Ներքին Հոռաթաղ / Ortakənd |
Pushpin Map: | Azerbaijan#Karabakh |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Tartar |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Total: | 840 |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Coordinates: | 40.1894°N 46.7828°W |
Nerkin Horatagh (hy|Ներքին Հոռաթաղ; az|Aşağı Oratağ) or Ortakend (az|Ortakənd) is a village in the Tartar 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[2] until the exodus of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.[3] The village is located close to the town of Martakert.
During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Mardakert District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a church built in 1094, a medieval cemetery, the church of Surb Astvatsatsin (hy|Սուրբ Աստվածածին,) built in 1904-1914,[1] and St. George's Church (hy|Սուրբ Գևորգ եկեղեցի|Surb Gevorg Yekeghetsi) built in 2012.[4]
The population is mainly engaged in agriculture, animal husbandry, and mining. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a secondary school, 10 shops, and a medical centre.[1]
The village had 776 inhabitants in 2005,[5] and 840 inhabitants in 2015.[1]