Tartar (city)

Tərtər
Tərtər is located in Azerbaijan
Tərtər
Tərtər
Tərtər is located in Karabakh Economic Region
Tərtər
Tərtər
Coordinates: 40°20′42″N 46°55′44″E / 40.34500°N 46.92889°E / 40.34500; 46.92889
Country Azerbaijan
DistrictTartar
Established1940
Area
 • Total
1,301.4 km2 (502.5 sq mi)
Elevation
255 m (837 ft)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total
19,419
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
Area code+994 246

Tartar (Azerbaijani: Tərtər (listen)) is a city in and the capital of the Tartar District of Azerbaijan.[1]

Its population is approximately 18,200, as of 2008.[2] During the Russian Empire, the city was the administrative center of the Jevanshir Uyezd of the Elisabethpol Governorate. The town was subjected to bombardment by the Armenian forces in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[3]

  1. ^ "Terter". city-facts.com. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  2. ^ "The State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan". 2011-01-28. Archived from the original on 2011-01-28. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  3. ^ "Nagorno-Karabakh: Iran warns of 'regional war' as fighting rages". BBC. 7 October 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2020.