Tsaghkashat / Gyshlag
Ծաղկաշատ / Qışlaq
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Nikol Duman House Museum in the village
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  Tsaghkashat / Gyshlag
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| Coordinates: 39°58′26″N 46°43′01″E / 39.97389°N 46.71694°E / 39.97389; 46.71694 | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| • District | Khojaly |
| Elevation | 803 m (2,635 ft) |
| Population
(2015)[1]
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| • Total | 172 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Tsaghkashat (Armenian: Ծաղկաշատ, lit. 'plentiful flowers') or Gyshlag (Armenian: Ղշլաղ, romanized: Ghshlagh; Azerbaijani: Qışlaq) is a village located in the Khojaly DistrictofAzerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
The village is also known as Keshish Kand and Kishlagkend.
During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Askeran District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include tombs from the 2nd–1st millennia BCE and the Early Middle Ages, the 12th/13th-century village of Vaka (Armenian: Վաքա), a 12th/13th-century khachkar, the nearby medieval village of Shinategh (Armenian: Շինատեղ), a chapel from the Middle Ages 1 km to the south, the 18th-century religious site of Gharabek (Armenian: Ղարաբեկ) 2 km to the south, an 18th-century cemetery, the 19th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit. 'Holy Mother of God'), and the Nikol Duman House Museum displaying 19th/20th-century life in the village.[1][2]
The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a house of culture, a secondary school and a medical centre.[1]
The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, had 200 inhabitants in 2005,[3] and 172 inhabitants in 2015.[1]
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