Tərtər (Rayon)

Location of Tərtər Rayon in Azerbaijan

Tərtər is a rayon in Azerbaijan . The capital of the district is the city of Tərtər .

history

The Tartar Rajon, which already existed during the Soviet era , was expanded during the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict by a resolution of the National Assembly of the Republic of Azerbaijan in connection with the dissolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast on November 26, 1991 to include the eastern part of the Armenian-populated Mardakert district with the city of Mardakert . However, the armed forces of Azerbaijan only briefly had control of the entire area in 1992/1993. Since 1993 these areas of the former Autonomous Oblast have been under the control of the de facto independent, but internationally not recognized Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh , where they belong to the Martakert Province . Only the easternmost part of the former Rajons Mardakert with the villages Marguschewan (Leninawan) and Maraga that in the wake of the massacre in Maraga on 10 April 1992 Armenians freely were, remained permanently under Azerbaijani control, and is therefore de facto now part of Rajons Tərtər, but has not yet been repopulated.

geography

The rayon lies in the lowlands between the Kura and Aras rivers. In the south the country merges into the mountainous landscape of Nagorno-Karabakh . The Tərtərçay (Tartar) River flows through the district.

population

According to Azerbaijani data, the district had 98,100 inhabitants in 2009. These are spread over 58 settlements.

economy

The rayon is dominated by agriculture. Mainly cotton, grain and subtropical fruits are grown and cattle are raised. There are also deposits of oil, gas and building materials in the district. There is a textile factory, cotton processing plants, dairies and a mechanical engineering industry.

Culture

There are graves from the Bronze and Iron Ages near the villages of Beyimsarov, Evoglu and Borsunlu. In the city of Tərtər there is a Shiite Friday mosque (Tərtər Cümə məscidi) . Outside Azerbaijani control, the Armenian monastery Yegish Arakjal (Եղիշէ Առաքեալի վանք) is located in the Karabakh Armenian territory . There is also a mausoleum and an ancient temple in the district.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Eva-Maria Also: "Eternal Fire" in Azerbaijan - A country between perestroika, civil war and independence . Reports of the Federal Institute for Eastern and International Studies, 8–1992.
2. ↑ Survivors of the Maraghar Massacre . Christianity Today . April 27, 1998. Retrieved January 11, 2013
3. ^ Caroline Cox, John Eibner: Ethnic Cleansing in Progress: War in Nagorno Karabakh. Institute for Religious Minorities in the Islamic World, p. 58, 1993
4. ↑ ^{a b c d} Azerbaijan Development Gateway ( Memento from November 14, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ Azerbaijani Statistical Authority ( Memento of November 14, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ http://www.azadliq.org/content/article/2094755.html

Coordinates: 40 ° 20 '  N , 47 ° 0'  E