Martakert / Aghdara
Մարտակերտ / Ağdərə | |
|---|---|
 Martakert in 2002 | |
  Martakert / Aghdara  Martakert / Aghdara | |
| Coordinates: 40°12′55″N 46°48′46″E / 40.21528°N 46.81278°E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| • District | Tartar |
| Elevation | 415 m (1,362 ft) |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
| • Total | 4,600 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Martakert (Armenian: Մարտակերտ, Russian: Мардакерт, also Mardakert, Մարդակերտ) or Aghdara (Azerbaijani: Ağdərə ) is a town in the Tartar District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh, as the centre of its Martakert Province. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population[2] until the exodus of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.[3] The town underwent heavy destruction by Azerbaijani forces while under their control during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.[4]
- ^ "Figures" (PDF). stat-nkr.am. 2015.
- ^ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
- ^ Sauer, Pjotr (2 October 2023). "'It's a ghost town': UN arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh to find ethnic Armenians have fled". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ Azerbaijan: Seven Years of Conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh (PDF). Human Rights Watch/Helsinki. December 1, 1994. p. 35. Retrieved 3 June 2021.