Vank, Nagorno-Karabakh

Vank (Armenian: Վանք) or Vangli (Azerbaijani: Vəngli) is a village in the Aghdara District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

[6][7] Khokhanaberd, a 9th-century mountaintop fortress is also located near Vank, which served as a castle and residence of rulers of the House of Hasan-Jalalyan.

[8][9] During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Mardakert District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.

In the years following the conclusion of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War (1988-1994), the village has seen an increase in investment from the Armenian diaspora.

Levon Hairapetyan, a Russian-based Armenian businessman and a native of Vank, has funded the reconstruction of homes, the local school, and sponsored the building of a zoo,[10] and the nearby Hotel Eclectica, which resembles a ship.

The 13th-century Gandzasar Monastery near Vank