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Shekhli-1 Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Ghazakh (District) / Shekhli-1 (Village)

Location

The village is situated on the right bank of the river Kur, 28 kilometres north-west of the district centre, at an altitude of 275 to 290 metres above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 310.

Historical Introduction
19 c․

Three 19th-century tombs have been preserved in the village.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 311.

The available scanty statistical data on the number of the local population represent the following picture:

Dates	Turkish Houses	Turks (Male)	Turks (Female)	Total (Turks)	Notes	Source
1886	325	1176	881	2057		Yelizavetpol Province: A Statistical Survey Based on the Family Lists of Caucasia's Population. Tiflis, 1888, pp. 152-153; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 311.
1908				2400		Caucasian Calendar for 1910, Tiflis, 1909, p. 423; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 311.
1914				2570		Caucasian Calendar for 1915, Tiflis, 1914, p. 211; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 311.
1977				2209		Soviet Azerbaijanian Encyclopedia, vol. 2, Baku, 1978, p. 186; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 311.