Official Name: | Shahmasur / Shahmansurlu |
Native Name: | Շահմասուր / Şahmansurlu |
Pushpin Map: | Azerbaijan#East Zangezur |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type2: | Country |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Kalbajar |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Total: | 148 |
Timezone: | AZT |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Coordinates: | 40.0594°N 46.5844°W |
Elevation M: | 1110 |
Shahmasur (hy|Շահմասուր) or Shahmansurlu (az|Şahmansurlu) is a village located in the Kalbajar 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 a cemetery from between the 11th and 13th centuries, the 12th/13th-century church of Khachin Dzor (hy|Խաչին ձոր), an 18th/19th-century cemetery, a 19th-century church, 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, a school, and a medical centre.[1]
The village had 139 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 148 inhabitants in 2015.[1]