Ashaghi-Ghushchu :: ARTSAKH LOCATIONS

Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Touz (District) / Ashaghi-Ghushchu (Village)

Location

This Turkish village lies on the right side of the Touz-Gandzak railway, 6 kilometres south-east of the district centre, at an altitude of 440 to 490 metres above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 528.

Historical Introduction
19 c․

Until the late 19th century, its site served as a winter encampment for some stock-breeding tribes which changed to a sedentary life there, yielding up to the demands of the Tsarist Government.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 528.

Population
1976 y․

In 1976 the village had 5,316 inhabitants.