Lusadzor, Nagorno-Karabakh

Lusadzor (Լուսաձոր) or Mehdibayli (Mehdibəyli) is a village located in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Toponymy
The village was known as Mekhdishen (Мехдишен) during the Soviet period.

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

Historical heritage sites
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a settlement, chapel-shrine and tombs from the 2nd–1st millennia BCE, as well as the 19th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit. 'Holy Mother of God').

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 school, and a medical centre.

Demographics
The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, had 177 inhabitants in 2005, and 177 inhabitants in 2015.