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|official_name          = Mets Shen / Ulu Garabey
|native_name            = Մեծ Շեն / Ulu Qarabəy
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|subdivision_name2      = {{flag|Azerbaijan}}
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|subdivision_name3      = [[Tartar District|Tartar]]
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|population_as_of       = 2015
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'''Mets Shen''' ({{langx|hy|Մեծ Շեն}}) or '''Ulu Garabey''' ({{langx|az|Ulu Qarabəy}}) is a village that is located in the [[Tartar 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 [[Armenians|Armenian]]-majority population<ref>{{cite web |url=https://drugoivzgliad.com/karabach-mir-i-voina-a-zubov/ |title=Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война |author=Андрей Зубов |date= |website=drugoivzgliad.com |publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}</ref> until the [[Flight of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians|exodus]] of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh following the [[2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sauer |first=Pjotr |date=2 October 2023 |title=‘It’s a ghost town’: UN arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh to find ethnic Armenians have fled |language=en-GB |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/02/nagorno-karabakh-ghost-town-un-ethnic-armenians-azerbaijan |access-date=9 November 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
== History ==
During the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] period, the village was part of the [[Mardakert District (NKAO)|Mardakert District]] of the [[Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast]].
== Historical heritage sites ==
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include tombs from the 2nd–1st millennia BCE, the medieval fortress of ''Dzoratap'' ({{langx|hy|Ձորատափ}}), a 17th-century [[khachkar]], and the 17th-century St. George's Church ({{langx|hy|Սուրբ Գևորգ եկեղեցի|Surb Gevorg Yekeghetsi}}).<ref name="2015statistics"/>
== 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, a secondary school, a kindergarten, two shops, and a medical centre.<ref name="2015statistics"/>
== Demographics ==
The village had 322 inhabitants in 2005,<ref name="2005nkrcensus">{{Cite web|url=http://census.stat-nkr.am/nkr/1-1.pdf|title=The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic|website=National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh}}</ref> and 341 inhabitants in 2015.<ref name="2015statistics"/>
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