Ataqut
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| native_name = Ataqut / Թաղուտ
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| image_caption = 19th-century St. John's Church in the village
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| subdivision_name1 = Khojavend
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Atagut ({{langx|az|Ataqut}}) or Taghut ({{langx|hy|Թաղուտ}}) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.{{cite web |url=https://drugoivzgliad.com/karabach-mir-i-voina-a-zubov/ |title=Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война |author=Андрей Зубов |website=drugoivzgliad.com }}
History
During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Hadrut District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. After the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was administrated as part of the Hadrut Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village came under the control of Azerbaijan on 7 November 2020, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.
Historical heritage sites
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a 17th-century spring monument, an 18th-century caravanserai, an 18th/19th-century cemetery, a 19th-century watermill, and the 19th-century St. John's Church ({{langx|hy|Սուրբ Հովհաննես եկեղեցի|Surb Hovhannes Yekeghetsi}}).{{cite book|last1=Kiesling|first1=Brady|first2=Raffi|last2=Kojian|year=2019|title=Rediscovering Armenia: An in-depth inventory of villages and monuments in Armenia and Artsakh|edition=3rd|publisher=Armeniapedia Publishing}}
Demographics
The village had 198 inhabitants in 2005,{{Cite web|url=http://census.stat-nkr.am/nkr/1-1.pdf|title=The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic|website=National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh}} and 205 inhabitants in 2015.
References
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External links
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{{Khojavend District}}
{{Hadrut Province}}
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