Lachin District

39°38′0″N 46°33′0″E / 39.63333°N 46.55000°E / 39.63333; 46.55000

Lachin District
Map of Azerbaijan showing Lachin District
Map of Azerbaijan showing Lachin District
Country Azerbaijan
RegionEast Zangezur
Established8 August 1930
CapitalLachin
Settlements[1]127
Government
 • GovernorAgil Nazarli
Area
 • Total1,840 km2 (710 sq mi)
Population
 • Total78,600
 • Density43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+04:00 (AZT)
Postal code
4100
Websitelachin-ih.gov.az

Lachin District (Azerbaijani: Laçın rayonu) is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the west of the country, belonging to the East Zangezur Economic Region.[3] The district borders the districts of Kalbajar, Khojaly, Shusha, Khojavend, Qubadli, and the Syunik Province of Armenia. Its capital and largest city is Lachin. As of 2020, the district had a nominal population of 78,600.[2]

The territory of the district was established in 1930 and given the status of a district. The district was occupied by the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh from 1992 until late 2020,[4] when the district was surrendered to Azerbaijan per the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement which ended the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War.[5][6] A small part of the district, excluding its capital, called the Lachin corridor is controlled by a Russian peacekeeping force.

  1. ^ "İnzibati-ərazi vahidləri" (PDF). preslib.az. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Population of Azerbaijan". stat.gov.az. State Statistics Committee. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Azərbaycan Respublikasında iqtisadi rayonların yeni bölgüsü haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin Fərmanı » Azərbaycan Prezidentinin Rəsmi internet səhifəsi". president.az.
  4. ^ "The conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference". Retrieved 2020-05-09.
  5. ^ "Azerbaijani Forces Enter Third District Under Nagorno-Karabakh Truce". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
  6. ^ DEMOURIAN, AVET (2023-01-10). "Armenia cancels military drills, widening rift with Moscow". ABC News. Retrieved 2023-05-26. Lachin province, which lies between Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia, was the last of the three areas on the rim of Nagorno-Karabakh that Armenian forces surrendered in December 2020.