Paravatumb

Paravatumb
Պառավաթումբ
Qarıtəpə
Paravatumb is located in Azerbaijan
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Paravatumb
Paravatumb
Location within Azerbaijan
Coordinates: 39°48′19″N 46°56′21″E / 39.80528°N 46.93917°E / 39.80528; 46.93917
Country Azerbaijan
 • DistrictKhojavend
Population
 (2015)
 • Total
140
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Paravatumb (Armenian: Պառավաթումբ) or Garitapa (Azerbaijani: Qarıtəpə) is a village located in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population until the expulsion of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh by Azerbaijan following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.

History

During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Martuni District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.

Economy and culture

The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a house of culture, the Paravatumb branch of the Kaghartsi Secondary School, and a medical centre.

Demographics

The village had 171 inhabitants in 2005, and 140 inhabitants in 2015.