ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Hakari Monuments

NKR (Country) / Kashatagh (District) / Hakari (Sub-District)

Description

Hakari (Hagaru, former Hayqari or Heqyari) is formed by the confluence of two major streams -the Bjants and Shalva rivers. Together with the latter Hakari is 113 km long (of which 42 km is the length of Shalva) and its basin covers the area of 2570 sq. km.

Azerbaijanian Soviet Encyclopaedia, vol. X, Baku, 1987, p. 192 (in Azerb.).
Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 166.

There are more than ten old settlements in the valley of Hakari before its mixing with the Hochants River. We’ll begin the presentation of these villages with the right riverbank.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 166.

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Hagaru
Haykari
Hekyari