Official Name: | Hoçaz |
Pushpin Map: | Azerbaijan#East Zangezur |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Azerbaijan |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Lachin |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Total: | 56 |
Timezone: | AZT |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Coordinates: | 39.6753°N 46.4575°W |
Hoçaz or Hochants (hy|Հոչանց) is a village in the Lachin District of Azerbaijan.
The village was located in the Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, coming under the control of ethnic Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in the early 1990s. The village subsequently became part of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as part of its Kashatagh Province, where it was known as Hochants (hy|Հոչանց). It was returned to Azerbaijan as part of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a cave, a 14th-century cemetery, eight 14th-century khachkars, the church of Hochantsi Anapat (hy|Հոչանցի անապատ) from 1621, a 16th/17th-century khachkar, a 17th-century tombstone, a 17th-century stele, and the 17th-century St. Stephen's Church (hy|Սուրբ Ստեփանոս եկեղեցի|Surb Stepanos Yekeghetsi),[1] which was reconsecrated in 2019.[2]