Dahrav / Gayabashy
Դահրավ / Qayabaşı | |
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Coordinates: 39°53′37″N 46°41′58″E / 39.89361°N 46.69944°E | |
Country | Azerbaijan |
• District | Khojaly |
Elevation | 863 m (2,831 ft) |
Population (2015)[1] | |
• Total | 179 |
Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Dahrav (Armenian: Դահրավ) or Gayabashy[2] (Azerbaijani: Qayabaşı) is a village in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population before 2023, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[3] It was controlled by the separatist Republic of Artsakh until 1 January 2024.[4]
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 mural khachkars from 1081 and 1276, the 12th/13th-century church of Sren Nahatak (Armenian: Սռեն նահատակ), a 12th/13th-century chapel, a cemetery from between the 16th and 19th centuries, the 17th/18th-century shrine of Yeghtsahogh (Armenian: Եղցահող), an 18th/19th-century shrine, a 19th-century spring monument, the spring monument of Raffi (Armenian: Րաֆֆի) from 1800, and the 19th-century St. John's Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Հովհաննես եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Hovhannes Yekeghetsi).[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 had 216 inhabitants in 2005,[5] and 179 inhabitants in 2015.[1]