Khojaly, Nagorno-Karabakh

Khojaly
Xocalı
Khojaly in May 2024
Khojaly in May 2024
Khojaly is located in Azerbaijan
Khojaly
Khojaly
Khojaly is located in Karabakh Economic Region
Khojaly
Khojaly
Coordinates: 39°54′40″N 46°47′21″E / 39.91111°N 46.78917°E / 39.91111; 46.78917
Country Azerbaijan
DistrictKhojaly
Elevation
570 m (1,870 ft)
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total1,397
Time zoneUTC+4 (UTC)

Khojaly (Azerbaijani: Xocalı, listenⓘ; Armenian: Խոջալու, romanized: Khojalu) is a town in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

The town was the second largest Azerbaijani town in the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast until the mass killing and exodus of its Azerbaijani population during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.[2][3]

Stepanakert Airport is located to the immediate south of the town.

  1. ^ Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  2. ^ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
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