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Population (before 1989, estimate): | 67,000 |
Population (2002, estimate): | 15,000[1] |
Area (sq. km.): | 1,840 |
Zip Code: | AZ4100 |
Lachin (Azerbaijani: Laçın) is a rayon of Azerbaijan. The capital lies at Lachin city. However, since 1992 the region has been under the control of the unrecognized de-facto independent Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and Armenia[2] and has been renamed Qashatagh,[3] the district's name during the late-medieval period.[4] Lachin was also renamed as "Berdzor" by Armenians.
Upon the capture of Lachin rayon, Armenian forces forcefully displaced its entire Azeri and Kurdish population[5] and resettled the region with Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan, settlers from Armenia and ethnic Armenians from other countries[5] after the Nagorno-Karabakh War.[6] The main land-link between Armenia and the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, known as the Lachin corridor, crosses its territory. The Lachin Kurdish Republic was proclaimed during the Nagorno-Karabakh War for Kurdish inhabitants.
Kurdish autonomous district
Between 1923 to 1929,[7] Lachin was established as a Kurdish autonomous (Soviet) district. After the occupation by Armenia of Nagorny-Karabagh, the local Kurdish population helped Armenia to control the Lachin region and there were speculations over a restoration of the Kurdish Autonomous District there.[8]
References
- ^ EurasiaNet Eurasia Insight - Armenia’s Strategic Lachin Corridor Confronts a Demographic Crisis
- ^ CIA - The World Factbook -- Azerbaijan
- ^ Karapetyan, Samvel. Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabagh. Yerevan, 2001, p. 122.
- ^ Hewsen, Robert H. (2001). Armenia: A Historical Atlas. The University of Chicago Press. pp. 100–104, 121–123. ISBN 0-226-33228-4.
- ^ a b Gutman, Roy (1999). Crimes of War: What the Public Should Know. W. W. Norton and Co. p. 358. ISBN 0393319148.
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- ^ Alexei Baliyev (December 11, 2007 (the date of publication in Russian)). "The Kurdish Karabagh". Russky Predprinimatel Monitor.
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