Chartar (town)

Chartar (; ) is a town "de facto" in the Martuni Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh, "de jure" in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan. The town has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.
History.
The town of Chartar was created out of a merger of the four villages of "Ghuze Chartar", "Ghuze Kaler", "Gyune Chartar" and "Gyune Kaler".
During the Soviet period, the town was a part of the Martuni District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Historical and cultural heritage.
The St. Amenaprkich Church founded in 1787, the 19th-century St. George's Church, the Kohak Church (from between the 10th and 13th centuries), Chartar Fortress (from between the 3rd and 1st centuries BCE), and the Yeghishe Monastery from 1655 are located in and around Chartar. Chartar has a House of Culture, a municipality building, a hospital and a medical center.
Economy and culture.
The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipality building, a House of Culture, five schools, an art school, two kindergartens, nine shops, a hospital and a medical centre.
Demographics.
Chartar had 3,951 inhabitants in 2005 (with the census divided between "Chartar" with 2,213 inhabitants and "Ghuze Chartar" with 1,738 inhabitants), and 4,100 inhabitants in 2015.