Xocalı (city)
| Ivanjan Իվանյան (Խոջալու) Ivanjan (Chodschalu) Xocalı |
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| Country |
 Azerbaijan / Artsakh Republic (de facto) |
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| Province in Artsakh | Askeran | ||
| Rayon in Azerbaijan | Xocalı | ||
| Coordinates | 39 ° 55 ' N , 46 ° 48' E | ||
| height | 570 m | ||
| Residents | 908 (2005) | ||
| Time zone | UTC + 4 | ||
| prefix | +374 47 (9) | ||
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Xocalı ( Russian Ходжалы Chodschaly , Armenian Խոջալու Chodschalu ), Germanized Chodschali and since 2001 Armenian Ivanjan ( Իվանյան ), is a city in Azerbaijan , in the internationally unrecognized republic of Arzach .
Geographical location and affiliation
Xocalı is located in the Nagorno-Karabakh province of Askeran . At the same time, Xocalı is the nominal capital of the Azerbaijani district of Xocalı . According to the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic census in 2005, the city had 908 inhabitants.
There are many different transcriptions for Xocalı, including English Khojali, Khojaly, Khodjaly, Kodjali, Khodzhaly, Khojalu, Khocalu, Khocali, Khocaly and Hojaly.
history
During the Soviet Union , Khodschaly (Ходжалы) belonged to the Askeran Rayon in the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region . At the beginning of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict , the Azerbaijani government planned to turn the city into a new regional center. In the period from 1988 to 1990, the population of Khojaly grew from 2,135 to 6,000 inhabitants, in particular due to immigration from Central Asia (around 2,000 Meschetian Turks) and Armenia (around 2,000 Azeris ). With the abolition of Nagorno-Karabakh's autonomy in April 1990, Azerbaijan made Xocalı a city and at the same time the administrative seat of the new Xocalı Rayon, which was formed from the previous Askeran Rayon and parts of Martuni Rayon.
In 1992 there were already 7,000 inhabitants in the city, most of them Azeris . During the Nagorno-Karabakh war , the city was captured by Armenian rioters on February 27, 1992, and several hundred people died under unclear circumstances. The event, as the Khodjali massacre , led to the resignation of the Azerbaijani government and increased fighting on both sides.
In 2001 the Armenians renamed the city to Ivanjan after the late general of the armed forces of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic , Kristapor Ivanjan .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (2005) (PDF; 227 kB)
- ↑ Доклад общества «Мемориал» ( Memorial ). Независимая газета , June 18, 1992
- ↑ Карабахские депутаты: Ходжалу стал жертвой политических интриг и борьбы за власть в Азереа. ИА REGNUM, February 25, 2008
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Hrant Aleksanian: Karabakh Marks Ten Years Of 'Independence'. azatutyun.am, September 1, 2001