Official Name: | Norshen / Yenikend |
Native Name: | Նորշեն / Yenikənd |
Pushpin Map: | Azerbaijan |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type2: | Country |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Khojavend |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Total: | 354 |
Timezone: | AZT |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Coordinates: | 39.8497°N 46.9781°W |
Norshen (hy|Նորշեն) or Yenikend (az|Yenikənd) is a village located in the Khojavend 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's name means "new village" in both Armenian and Azerbaijani.
During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Martuni District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the 19th-century St. John's Church (hy|Սուրբ Հովհաննես եկեղեցի|Surb Hovhannes Yekeghetsi), and a bridge built in 1912.[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, two shops, and a medical centre.[1]
The village had 372 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 354 inhabitants in 2015.[1]