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'''Chartar''' ({{langx|hy|Ճարտար}}; {{langx|az|Çartar}}) is an [[Armenians|Armenian]] town in the region of [[Nagorno-Karabakh]], [[Azerbaijan]]. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway [[Republic of Artsakh]]. The town had an ethnic [[Armenians|Armenian]]-majority population<ref>{{cite web |url=https://drugoivzgliad.com/karabach-mir-i-voina-a-zubov/ |title=Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война |author=Андрей Зубов |date= |website=drugoivzgliad.com |publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}</ref> until the [[Expulsion of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians|expulsion]] of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh by Azerbaijan following the [[2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sauer |first=Pjotr |date=2 October 2023 |title='It's a ghost town': UN arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh to find ethnic Armenians have fled |language=en-GB |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/02/nagorno-karabakh-ghost-town-un-ethnic-armenians-azerbaijan |access-date=9 November 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
== Etymology == The name ''Chartar'' is of [[Armenian language|Armenian]] origin, meaning "dexterous, crafty".<ref>[http://www.nayiri.com/imagedDictionaryBrowser.jsp?dictionaryId=7&query=%D5%B3%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%BF%D5%A1%D6%80 Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) “ճարտար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press]</ref><ref>[http://www.nayiri.com/imagedDictionaryBrowser.jsp?dictionaryId=26&query=%D5%B3%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%BF%D5%A1%D6%80 Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ճարտար”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy]</ref><ref>[http://www.nayiri.com/imagedDictionaryBrowser.jsp?dictionaryId=16&query=%D5%B3%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%BF%D5%A1%D6%80 Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “ճարտար”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy]</ref>
== History == [[File:Եկեղեցի «Սբ. Եղիշե», Ղշավանք.jpg|St. Yeghishe Church, built in 1655|thumb|left|275px]] The area of Chartar is one of ancient Armenian settlement, being home to various monasteries, churches, and [[khachkar]]s from the 12th-19th centuries.<ref name= Hakobyan>{{cite book|last1= Hakobyan|first1= Tadevos Kh.|last2= Melik-Bakhshyan|first2= Stepan T.|last3= Barseghyan|first3= Hovhannes Kh.|author-link1= Tadevos Hakobyan|trans-title= Dictionary of Toponyms of Armenia and Adjacent Territories|chapter= Ճարտար [Čartar]|title= Հայաստանի և հարակից շրջանների տեղանունների բառարան|chapter-url= http://www.nayiri.com/imagedDictionaryBrowser.jsp?dictionaryId=61&dt=HY_HY&pageNumber=2670|volume= 3|publisher= Yerevan State University Press|year= 1991|page= 606|oclc= 247335945|language= hy}}</ref> Traditionally, it was part of the diocese of the [[Amaras Monastery]]. The modern town was populated by Armenians mostly from [[Agulis (historical)|Agulis]], [[Maghavuz, Nagorno-Karabakh|Maghavuz]], and [[Khachen, Nagorno-Karabakh|Khachen]]. The town of Chartar was created out of a merger of the four villages of ''Ghuze Chartar'', ''Ghuze Kaler'', ''Gyune Chartar'' and ''Gyune Kaler''.<ref name="RediscoveringArmenia"/><ref name= Hakobyan/>
During the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] period, the town was a part of the [[Martuni District (NKAO)|Martuni District]] of the [[Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast]].<ref name= Hakobyan/>
== Historical and cultural heritage == Historical heritage sites in and around Chartar include Chartar Fortress (from between the 3rd and 1st centuries BCE), the Kohak Church (from between the 10th and 13th centuries), the St. Yeghishe Church from 1655, the church of ''Surb Amenaprkich'' ({{langx|hy|Սուրբ Ամենափրկիչ}}, {{lit|Holy Savior}}) founded in 1787, and the 19th-century St. George's Church ({{langx|hy|Սուրբ Գևորգ եկեղեցի|Surb Gevorg Yekeghetsi}}).<ref name="RediscoveringArmenia">{{cite book|last1=Kiesling|first1=Brady|first2=Raffi|last2=Kojian|year=2019|title=Rediscovering Armenia: An in-depth inventory of villages and monuments in Armenia and Artsakh|edition=3rd|publisher=Armeniapedia Publishing}}</ref><ref name="2015statistics">{{Cite web|url=https://artsakhlib.am/en/2018/06/06/%D5%BF%D5%A5%D5%B2%D5%A5%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%BF%D5%B8%D6%82-%D5%AC%D5%B2%D5%B0-%D5%BE%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%B9%D5%A1%D5%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%AE%D6%84%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB%D5%B6-%D5%B4%D5%AB%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%B8/|title=Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)|author=Hakob Ghahramanyan}}</ref> The St. Vardanank Church ({{langx|hy|Սուրբ Վարդանանք եկեղեցի|Surb Vardanank Yekeghetsi}}) was consecrated in 2018 in Chartar.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://artsakhpress.am/arm/news/88317/tchartar-qaxaqum-texi-e-unecel-srb-vardananq-ekexecu-otsman-handisavor-araroxutyuny.html|website=Artsakh Press|title=Ճարտար քաղաքում տեղի է ունեցել Սրբ Վարդանանք եկեղեցու օծման հանդիսավոր արարողությունը|date=2018-06-16}}</ref>
== Economy and culture == The population is mainly engaged in [[agriculture]] and [[animal husbandry]]. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a house of culture, five schools, an art school, two kindergartens, nine shops, a hospital, and a medical centre.<ref name="2015statistics"/>
== Demographics == According to the [[Kavkazskiy kalendar|Caucasian calendar]] for 1910, the population of the village by 1908 was 2,757 people, mostly Armenians.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Кавказский календарь на 1910 год|trans-title=Caucasian calendar for 1910|language= ru|edition= 65|location= Tiflis|publisher= Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom|year=1910|page= 233|url= https://www.prlib.ru/item/417314}}</ref> By the beginning of 1914, 2,350 inhabitants were recorded, also predominantly Armenians.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Кавказский календарь на 1915 год|trans-title=Caucasian calendar for 1915|language= ru|location= Tiflis|publisher= Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom|year=1915|page= 114|url= https://www.prlib.ru/item/417320}}</ref>
Chartar had 3,951 inhabitants in 2005 (with the census divided between "Chartar" with 2,213 inhabitants and "Ghuze Chartar" with 1,738 inhabitants),<ref name="2005nkrcensus">{{Cite web|url=http://census.stat-nkr.am/nkr/1-1.pdf|title=The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic|website=National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh|access-date=2021-04-07|archive-date=2011-03-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110302100506/http://census.stat-nkr.am/nkr/1-1.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> and 4,100 inhabitants in 2015.<ref name="stat-nkr.am"/>
== Gallery == <gallery mode="packed" heights="100"> Սևակ Ղուկասյանի անվան մարզամշակութային պալատ.jpg|Chartar House of Culture (also called the "Sports and Cultural Palace" of Chartar) Հուշարձան Երկրորդ աշխարհամարտում զոհվածների, Ճարտար, Մարտունի.jpg|WWII monument Խաչքար «Սբ. Եղիշե» եկեղեցու բակում, 13-րդ դար.jpg|13th-century [[khachkar]] near the St. Yeghishe Church Տապանաքար, Եկեղեցի «Սբ. Եղիշե», Ղշավանք.jpg|Tombstone near the St. Yeghishe Church Guzeychartar.jpg|A view of the town Արցախյան ազատամարտում զոհված նահատակների հուշարձան.jpg|Monument to the fallen in the [[First Nagorno-Karabakh War]] Ամրոց «Ճարտարի բերդ», մ.թ.ա. 1 դ. - 13 դ.jpg|Chartar Fortress «Սբ. Եղիշե» եկեղեցու խորանը.jpg|St. Yeghishe Church interior </gallery>
==Notable people== *[[Yeghishe Astsatryan]], Soviet Armenian statesman *[[Nelson Davidyan]], Olympic silver medalist and two-time world champion in Greco-Roman wrestling
== References == {{Reflist}}
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