Hovsepavan

Hovsepavan () is a village "de facto" in the Askeran Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh, "de jure" in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan. 
History.
Hovsepavan was founded during the period of the Karabakh movement in Nagorno-Karabakh. During the Soviet period, the area around the village was a part of the Askeran District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Geography.
Hovsepavan is situated on the flatlands, nine kilometres to the west of Askeran, the regional center, and fifteen kilometres to the north of Stepanakert, the capital of Artsakh.
Economy.
The population of the village is mostly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry, with the majority of the village lands being agricultural.
Demographics.
The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, had 128 inhabitants in 2005, and 176 inhabitants in 2015.