Artsvashen
Artsvashen | |
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| Արծվաշեն | |
Lake near Artsvashen | |
Interactive map of Artsvashen | |
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| Coordinates: 40°38′46″N 45°30′56″E / 40.64611°N 45.51556°E | |
| Country (de jure) | Armenia |
| • Province | Gegharkunik |
| • Municipality | Chambarak |
| Country (de facto) | Azerbaijan |
| • District | Gadabay |
| Founded | 1845 |
| Area | |
• Total | 40 km2 (15 sq mi) |
| Population (2009) | |
• Total | 127 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AMT) |
| Artsvashen at GEOnet Names Server | |
Artsvashen (Armenian: Արծվաշեն, lit. 'Eagle village') or Bashkend (Azerbaijani: Başkənd; Armenian: Բաշքենդ) is a de jure Armenian village in the Chambarak Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. It is a 40 square kilometres (15 sq mi) exclave of Armenia, and is surrounded by the territory of Azerbaijan, whose forces have captured and occupied it since the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in 1992. There are ongoing border delimiting talks regarding the return of Artsvashen and other occupied sovereign territories back to Armenia, but this has yet to be done.