# Haterk > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Haterk > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Haterk.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haterk > Source revision: 1339204536 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox settlement | name = Haterk | native_name = Հաթերք | official_name = Həsənriz | image_skyline = Հաթերք_գյուղ.jpg | image_caption = | image_size = 300px | pushpin_map = Azerbaijan#East Zangezur | pushpin_mapsize = 300 | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Azerbaijan}} | subdivision_type2 = {{*}} [District](/source/Administrative_divisions_of_Azerbaijan) | subdivision_name2 = [Aghdara](/source/Aghdara_District) | leader_title = | leader_name = | established_title = | established_date = | area_total_km2 = | area_footnotes = | population_footnotes = | population_as_of = 2026 | population_total = 2,718 | population_density_km2 = | timezone = [AZT](/source/Azerbaijan_Time) | utc_offset = +4 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | coordinates = {{coord|40|10|04|N|46|31|04|E|region:AZ|display=inline,title}} | elevation_m = 1120 | area_code = | website = }} '''Haterk''' ({{langx|hy|Հաթերք}}) or '''Hasanriz''' ({{langx|az|Həsənriz}}) is a village located in the region of [Nagorno-Karabakh](/source/Nagorno-Karabakh), in the [Aghdara District](/source/Aghdara_District) of [Azerbaijan](/source/Azerbaijan). Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway [Republic of Artsakh](/source/Republic_of_Artsakh). The village had an ethnic [Armenian](/source/Armenians)-majority population{{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= |archive-date=2020-10-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020150302/https://drugoivzgliad.com/karabach-mir-i-voina-a-zubov/ |url-status=dead }} until the [expulsion](/source/Expulsion_of_Nagorno-Karabakh_Armenians) of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh by Azerbaijan following the [2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh](/source/2023_Azerbaijani_offensive_in_Nagorno-Karabakh).{{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](/source/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}} == History == [[File:Zhingyalov hats Festival in Artsakh, 2019.jpg|[Zhingyalov hats](/source/Zhingyalov_hats) festival in Haterk|thumb|left|275px]] During the period of [Zakarid Armenia](/source/Zakarid_Armenia), at end of the 12th century, the Armenian principalities of the region consisted of the three branches of [Khachen](/source/Principality_of_Khachen): [Tsar](/source/Zar%2C_Azerbaijan), Haterk and [Khokhanaberd](/source/Khokhanaberd) (with their spiritual center at [Gandzasar](/source/Gandzasar_monastery)) along with the Khaghbakian family in northern Syunik ([Vayots Dzor](/source/Vayots_Dzor)). The Armenian princes of Haterk (Upper Khachen) were established on the left bank of the [Tartar River](/source/Tartar_(river)), with their spiritual center being at [Dadivank](/source/Dadivank), the principal church of which was established by Arzu-Khatun, the wife of Vakhtang of Haterk. Prince Hasan of Haterk left an inscription at Dadivank in 1182. The leading family among the three Khachen princes was the one from Haterk. Vakhtang of Haterk contributed in 1191 to the building of the Nor Getik monastery (present day [Goshavank](/source/Goshavank) in northeastern Armenia).{{cite book|author=Levon Chorbajian, Patrick Donabédian, Claude Mutafian|date=1994|title=The Caucasian Knot: The History & Geopolitics of Nagorno-Karabagh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OUlnYdOHJ3wC&pg=PA65|isbn=9781856492881}}{{rp|pp=64–66}} In the 15th century, Artsakh was subjugated by the [Turkmen](/source/Turkoman_(ethnonym)) tribes of [Qara Qoyunlu](/source/Qara_Qoyunlu) and [Aq Qoyunlu](/source/Aq_Qoyunlu), and Haterk was destroyed. Its inhabitants founded the modern village close to the original settlement in the 16th century.{{Cite book|title=Արցախի Հանրապետության բնակավայրերի պատմության ուրվագծեր|author=Վահրամ Բալայան|publisher=Զանգակ հրատարակչություն|date=2020|language=Armenian}} In 1603, the Persians established a protectorate over the [Melikdoms of Karabakh](/source/Melikdoms_of_Karabakh) and sponsored the establishment of a [local khanate](/source/Karabakh_Khanate) in 1750.{{cite book| last =Parry| first =Ken|author2=David J. Melling |author3=Dimitry Brady |author4=Sidney H. Griffith |author5=John F. Healey| title =The Blackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity| publisher =Wiley-Blackwell| date =December 5, 2001| pages =335–336| isbn = 0-631-23203-6}} During the [Soviet](/source/Soviet_Union) period, Haterk was a part of the [Mardakert District](/source/Mardakert_District_(NKAO)) in the [Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast](/source/Nagorno-Karabakh_Autonomous_Oblast) of the [Azerbaijan SSR](/source/Azerbaijan_SSR). Haterk came under the control of Armenian forces during the [First Nagorno-Karabakh War](/source/First_Nagorno-Karabakh_War) and subsequently became part of the [Martakert Province](/source/Martakert_Province) of the [Republic of Artsakh](/source/Republic_of_Artsakh). After the [2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war](/source/2020_Nagorno-Karabakh_war), 157 [displaced people](/source/Internally_displaced_person) settled in the village.{{Cite web|url=https://artsakhpress.am/eng/news/155859/38-displaced-families-settled-in-haterk-community-leader.html|title=38 displaced families settled in Haterk. Community Leader|author=Artsakh Press|date=2021-12-20}} == Historical heritage sites == Haterk can be divided into three historical parts, ''Shen'' or ''Pap'' – the village center, ''Kyok'' and ''Mtghaser''. There are several historical and cultural heritage sites in and around Haterk, including the ruined St. Nshan Church ({{langx|hy|Սուրբ Նշան եկեղեցի|Surb Nshan Yekeghetsi|label=none}}), the chapel of ''Astghablur'' ({{langx|hy|Աստղաբլուր|label=none}}) and an [oil mill](/source/oil_mill) from the [Middle Ages](/source/Middle_Ages), the monastery of ''Mesis'' ({{langx|hy|Մեսիս|label=none}}), the ruined village of ''Khotorashen'' ({{langx|hy|Խոտորաշեն|label=none}}), a chapel-tomb and [khachkar](/source/khachkar)s from between the 12th and 13th centuries, a 19th/20th-century fortress, and the 19th-century church of ''Surb Astvatsatsin'' ({{langx|hy|Սուրբ Աստվածածին|label=none}}, {{lit|Holy Mother of God}}) in the center of Haterk, the only one of the three churches in Haterk that still stands.{{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}}{{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}} == Economy and culture == The population is mainly engaged in [agriculture](/source/agriculture) and [animal husbandry](/source/animal_husbandry). As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a house of culture, a medical centre, a secondary school, a kindergarten, and 19 shops. The village hosts a yearly [Zhingyalov hats](/source/Zhingyalov_hats) festival since 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://artsakhpress.am/eng/news/106502/the-second-zhengyalov-hats-festival-was-held-in-haterk-artsakh-republic-photos.html|title=The Second Zhengyalov Hats Festival was held in Haterk, Artsakh Republic (Photos)|author=Artsakh Press|date=2019-05-11}} == Demographics == Haterk had 1,531 inhabitants in 2005,{{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=2009-03-07|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}} and 1,638 inhabitants in 2015. The population of the village was estimated to be 1,800 inhabitants in 2021. As of January 2026, 724 Azerbaijani families, comprising 2718 people, have been resettled in the Hasanriz village by Azerbaijan.{{Cite web |title=Xankəndi, Xocalı və Ağdərəyə növbəti köç karvanı yola salınıb|url=https://report.az/daxili-siyaset/xankendi-xocali-ve-agdereye-novbeti-koc-karvani-yola-salinib|access-date=2026-01-30|website=report.az |language=az}} == Gallery == Հաթերք, Արցախ.jpg Landscape from Haterk village, Artsakh 02.jpg == References == {{Reflist}} == External links == {{Commons}} * {{GEOnet2|32FA88151E6B3774E0440003BA962ED3}} {{Aghdara District}}{{Martakert Province}} {{Portal bar|Geography}} Category:Populated places in Kalbajar District Category:Former Armenian communities in Azerbaijan --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Haterk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haterk) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haterk?action=history)). 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