Vəngli / Vank

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Vangli (Azerbaijani: Vəngli) or Vank (Armenian: Վանք) or is a village de jure in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan and de facto in the Martakert Province of the self-proclaimed unrecognized Republic of Artsakh, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh..
Population: 1,284 (2004 census).

The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.
The 13th-century Gandzasar Monastery, and the 9th-century Khokhanaberd fortress are located near Vank.
The village of Vank (meaning monastery in Armenian) was founded in the 9th century, and was named as such for its proximity to Gandzasar Monastery. Although the current structure of Gandzasar was built in the 13th century, a church or monastery existed at the site several centuries before then.

The village was previously also known by the name Vankashen. The village is surrounded by several historical monuments dating to the Middle Ages. The most prominent among them is the thirteenth-century monastic complex of Gandzasar (built from 1216-38), which overlooks the village and was built by the Armenian ruler of the Principality of Khachen, Prince Hasan-Jalal Dawla 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.

During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Mardakert District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of Azerbaijan.
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, and the nearby Hotel Eclectica, which resembles a ship. In October 2008, Vank was also one of several venues in Nagorno-Karabakh for a mass wedding of 560 Armenian couples.