Lusadzor / Mehdibayli
Լուսաձոր / Mehdibəyli
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  Lusadzor / Mehdibayli
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| Coordinates: 39°53′35″N 46°43′52″E / 39.89306°N 46.73111°E / 39.89306; 46.73111 | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| • District | Khojaly |
| Elevation | 823 m (2,700 ft) |
| Population
(2015)[1]
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| • Total | 177 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Lusadzor (Armenian: Լուսաձոր) or Mehdibayli (Azerbaijani: Mehdibəyli) is a village located in the Khojaly DistrictofAzerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
The village was known as Mekhdishen (Russian: Мехдишен) during the Soviet period.[2]
During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Askeran District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a settlement, chapel-shrine and tombs from the 2nd–1st millennia BCE, as well as the 19th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit. 'Holy Mother of God').[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 has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, had 177 inhabitants in 2005,[3] and 177 inhabitants in 2015.[1]
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