Muxtar

Muxtar () or Mkhitarashen () is a village "de facto" in the Askeran Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh, "de jure" in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan.
Toponymy.
The village was known as "Mkhitarikend" (; ; ) during the Soviet period.
History.
During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Askeran District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. The village has been administrated as part of the Askeran Province of the Republic of Artsakh after the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. 
There was some initial confusion regarding control of the village after the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, however, on 1 March 2021, the Armenian news organization CivilNet published a video report from the village, confirming continued Artsakh control.
Demographics.
The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, had 90 inhabitants in 2005, and 91 inhabitants in 2015.