Shekher, Khojavend District, , Azerbaijan

History | Heritage sites | Demographics

🇦🇿 Shekher (Շեխեր; Şexer) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

History During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Martuni District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast within the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic. After the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was administrated as part of the Martuni Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village came under the control of Azerbaijan on 9 November 2020, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.

Heritage sites Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the church of Surb Vardan (Սուրբ Վարդան), the 16th/17th-century shrine of Pir Bab (Փիր բաբ) with an adjacent khachkar, and two 17th-century khachkars.

Demographics The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population in 1989. Prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, it also had an Armenian majority with 408 inhabitants in 2005, and 407 inhabitants in 2015.

Baku Time 

Shekher has a population of over 407 people. Shekher also forms part of the wider Khojavend District which has a population of over 44,100 people. It is also a part of the larger Karabakh Region. Shekher is situated near Stepanakert.

Twin Towns, Sister Cities Shekher has links with:

🇫🇷 Arnouville, France

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North of: 39.633

🇦🇿 Berdzor 39.633

🇺🇸 Morgantown 39.633

🇬🇷 Corfu 39.634

🇺🇸 Hagerstown 39.639

🇯🇵 Miyako 39.64

🇬🇷 Larissa 39.642

🇹🇷 Altıeylül 39.645

🇺🇿 Samarkand 39.65

🇺🇸 Cumberland 39.652

🇺🇸 Aurora 39.66

South of: 39.633

🇹🇷 Balıkesir 39.633

🇨🇳 Wafangdian 39.627

🇨🇳 Tangshan 39.618

🇪🇸 Lliria 39.617

🇺🇸 Eagle 39.617

🇨🇳 Ordos 39.604

🇦🇿 Füzuli 39.6

🇺🇸 Elkton 39.6

🇺🇸 Greenwood 39.599

🇺🇸 Centennial 39.597

East of: 46.967

🇮🇷 Sanandaj 46.983

🇲🇬 Antsirabe 47.034

🇮🇷 Kermanshah 47.05

🇲🇬 Fianarantsoa 47.078

🇦🇿 Füzuli 47.133

🇷🇺 Cheboksary 47.247

🇲🇬 Antanifotsy 47.324

🇸🇴 Galkayo 47.417

🇷🇺 Makhachkala 47.472

🇾🇪 Aden 47.49

West of: 46.967

🇦🇿 Tartar 46.917

🇦🇿 Stepanakert 46.752

🇸🇦 Riyadh 46.687

🇷🇺 Kotlas 46.633

🇷🇺 Khasavyurt 46.582

🇦🇿 Berdzor 46.533

🇦🇲 Kapan 46.402

🇮🇷 Ilam 46.4

🇦🇿 Ganja 46.36

🇮🇷 Tabriz 46.281

Antipodal to Shekher is: -133.033,-39.633

Locations Near: Shekher 46.9667,39.6333

🇦🇿 Füzuli 47.133,39.6 d: 14.7  

🇦🇿 Stepanakert 46.752,39.812 d: 27.1  

🇦🇿 Berdzor 46.533,39.633 d: 37.1  

🇦🇿 Tartar 46.917,40.333 d: 78  

🇦🇲 Kapan 46.402,39.198 d: 68.5  

🇦🇿 Ganja 46.36,40.677 d: 127  

🇦🇿 Goychay 47.739,40.65 d: 130.8  

🇦🇿 Qabala 47.833,40.967 d: 165.5  

🇦🇿 Cəlilabad 48.502,39.21 d: 140  

🇦🇿 Nakhchivan 45.4,39.2 d: 142.9  

Antipodal to: Shekher -133.033,-39.633

🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 17086.5  

🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 15392.4  

🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 15530.3  

🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 15276.3  

🇨🇱 Valdivia -73.233,-39.8 d: 15000.8  

🇨🇱 San Pedro de la Paz -73.1,-36.833 d: 14869.8  

🇨🇱 Concepción -73.05,-36.817 d: 14864.9  

🇨🇱 Chiguayante -73.017,-36.917 d: 14866.5  

🇨🇱 Port Montt -72.933,-41.467 d: 15038  

🇨🇱 Puerto Montt -72.933,-41.467 d: 15038  

Flood Risk: Climate Central 39.6333 46.9667

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