Machkalashen Մաճկալաշեն
Cütcü
Machkalashen
Coordinates: 39°41′38″N 47°01′44″E / 39.69389°N 47.02889°E / 39.69389; 47.02889
Country	Azerbaijan
• District	Khojavend
Population  (2015)[1]
• Total	546
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)

Machkalashen (Armenian: Մաճկալաշեն; Azerbaijani: Cütcü) is a village located in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.^[2] The Amaras Monastery is located close to the village.

History

During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Martuni District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.

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, a secondary school, a kindergarten, and a medical centre.^[1]

Demographics

The village had 593 inhabitants in 2005,^[3] and 546 inhabitants in 2015.^[1]