Official Name: | Mets Shen / Ulu Garabey |
Native Name: | Մեծ Շեն / Ulu Qarabəy |
Pushpin Map: | Azerbaijan |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type2: | Country |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Tartar |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Total: | 341 |
Timezone: | AZT |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Coordinates: | 40.2156°N 46.7069°W |
Mets Shen (hy|Մեծ Շեն) or Ulu Garabey (az|Ulu Qarabəy) is a village that is located 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]
During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Mardakert District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include tombs from the 2nd–1st millennia BCE, the medieval fortress of Dzoratap (hy|Ձորատափ), a 17th-century khachkar, and the 17th-century St. George's Church (hy|Սուրբ Գևորգ եկեղեցի|Surb Gevorg Yekeghetsi).[1]
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, a kindergarten, two shops, and a medical centre.[1]
The village had 322 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 341 inhabitants in 2015.[1]