Mets Shen () or Ulu Garabey () is a village that is, de facto, in the Martakert Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh; de jure, it is in the Tartar District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.
History
During the Soviet period, the village was part of the 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 (), a 17th-century khachkar, and the 17th-century St. George's Church ().
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.
Demographics
The village had 322 inhabitants in 2005, and 341 inhabitants in 2015.