Martakert (city)

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Martakert
Մարտակերտ
Ağdərə
coat of arms

coat of arms
Country AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Azerbaijan / Artsakh Republic (de facto)
Artsakh RepublicArtsakh 
Province in Artsakh Martakert
Rayon in Azerbaijan Trtər
Coordinates 40 ° 13 ′  N , 46 ° 49 ′  E Coordinates: 40 ° 13 ′  N , 46 ° 49 ′  E
Residents 4,500 (2013)
Time zone UTC + 4
Post Code AZ5900
prefix + (994) 246
Martakert (Azerbaijan / Nagorno-Karabakh Republic)
Martakert
Martakert
Cityscape

Martakert ( Armenian Մարտակերտ ; Azerbaijani Ağdərə ; Russian Мардакерт Mardakert ) is a city in Nagorno-Karabakh , disputed between Azerbaijan and the internationally unrecognized Republic of Arzach .

The city belongs to the Tərtər district in Azerbaijan . Since the conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region in which the city is located, it has been administered by the internationally unrecognized Republic of Artsakh . In this, as Martakert, it is the capital of the Martakert province .

population

According to the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, the city had 4,500 inhabitants in 2013. Other information is based on 11,231 inhabitants in 2010. Many of the Azerbaijani residents were displaced to other parts of Azerbaijan during the conflict.

Buildings

One of the city's landmarks is the Church of St. John the Baptist (Սուրբ Հովհաննես Մկրտիչ եկեղեցի) , built in 1881 and renovated in 2003 .

history

Mardakert belonged to the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region in the Azerbaijani SSR since July 7, 1923. In 1989 Mardakert had 8,325 inhabitants.

After the fighting began in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Azerbaijani army captured the city ​​on July 4, 1992 as part of their summer offensive and then controlled it for about a year. On July 27, 1993, the city was captured by the Nagorno-Karabakh army and has been under their control ever since.

economy

The main industries in the 1970s were dairy farming and viticulture.

Town twinning

There has been a partnership with Vagharschapat , Armenia since October 8, 2010 . ArmeniaArmenia 

Web links

Commons : Aghdara  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh: De Facto and De Jure Population by Administrative Territorial Distribution and Sex (PDF; 227 kB)
  2. ↑ ( page no longer available , search in web archives: World Gazetteer ) about the largest cities in Azerbaijan@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / bevoelkerungsstatistik.de
  3. ↑ 1989 Census of the Soviet Union (Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г.)
  4. ↑ В Нагорном Карабахе прошли соревнования по борьбе, посвященные очередной годовщине освобождения Мартакерта. regnum.ru, 01-07-2009
  5. ↑ Article Mardakert in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)http: //vorlage_gse.test/1%3D073670~2a%3DMardakert~2b%3DMardakert
  6. ↑ MARTAKERT »Էջմիածնի քաղաքապետարանի պաշտոնական կայք. Retrieved November 29, 2016 .