Fuzuli (city)

Fuzuli
Füzuli
City
Ruins of a Soviet-era bus stop in Fuzuli
Ruins of a Soviet-era bus stop in Fuzuli
Fuzuli is located in Azerbaijan
Fuzuli
Fuzuli
Fuzuli is located in Karabakh Economic Region
Fuzuli
Fuzuli
Coordinates: 39°36′01″N 47°08′35″E / 39.60028°N 47.14306°E / 39.60028; 47.14306
Country Azerbaijan
DistrictFuzuli
Founded1827
Elevation
416 m (1,365 ft)
Population
 (2023)
 • Total
928[1]
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
Area code+994 141

Fuzuli (Azerbaijani: Füzuli (listen)) is a city and the capital of the Fuzuli District of Azerbaijan.

The city had a population of 17,090 before its occupation by Armenian forces on 23 August 1993, during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, which resulted in the expulsion of the local Azerbaijani population and the city becoming a ghost town. However people are slowly starting to return.[1]

On 17 October 2020, Azerbaijani forces recaptured the city during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[2]

  1. ^ a b "More natives returning to Azerbaijan's Fuzuli granted with new apartments". Trend.Az. 14 October 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
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