Martakert / Aghdara
Մարտակերտ / Ağdərə | |
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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 Nagorno-Karabakh. It was formerly controlled by the de facto breakaway Republic of Artsakh as the administrative capital of its Martakert Province before the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive.[2] The town has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[3] The town underwent heavy destruction by Azerbaijani forces while under their control during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.[4]
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