Şexer

Also known as Shekher

Shekher (; ) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population in 1989.

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The entry is geolocated on the map in AZ, across 2 mapped points.

Within Vinony's link graph, Şexer is referenced by 100 other articles, and connects out to Azerbaijan, Soviet Union and time zone.

Vinony files it under Former Armenian communities in Khojavend District and Populated places in Khojavend District.

Its subject is documented across 15 Wikipedia language editions.

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Place details

Locality: Şexer
Region: Khojavend
Country: Azərbaycan
Population: 0

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Shekher
Settlement.native_name: ՇեխերŞexer
Settlement.image_skyline: File:Šecher, Náhorní Karabach.jpg
Settlement.image_size: 300px
Settlement.pushpin_map: Azerbaijan
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 300
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: District
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Khojavend
Settlement.population_as_of: 2015
Settlement.population_total: 407
Settlement.timezone: AZT
Settlement.utc_offset: +4

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human settlement
Official name: Şexer
Country: Azerbaijan
Located in: Khojavend District
Elevation: 764
Time zone: UTC+04:00
Image: Šecher, Náhorní Karabach.jpg

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Commons category: Şexer
native label: Şexer

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Shekher (; ) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population in 1989.

== History == During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Martuni District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast within the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic. After the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was administrated as part of the Martuni Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village came under the control of Azerbaijan on 9 November 2020, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Şexer” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.