Stepanakert

Coordinates: 39°48′55″N 46°45′7″E / 39.81528°N 46.75194°E / 39.81528; 46.75194
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Stepanakert / Khankendi
Ստեփանակերտ
Xankəndi
City
Coat of arms of Stepanakert / Khankendi
Stepanakert / Khankendi is located in Azerbaijan
Stepanakert / Khankendi
Stepanakert / Khankendi
Location of Stepanakert in Azerbaijan.
Coordinates: 39°48′55″N 46°45′7″E / 39.81528°N 46.75194°E / 39.81528; 46.75194
Country
Unrecognized country
Azerbaijan (de jure)
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (de facto)
ProvinceStepanakert (city)
Government
 • MayorSouren Grigoryan
Elevation
813 m (2,670 ft)
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total53,000
Websitewww.stepanakert.am

Stepanakert (Armenian: Ստեփանակերտ) or Khankendi (Azerbaijani: Xankəndi) is a city in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, legally in Azerbaijan, but militarily controlled by the Armenian forces as the capital city of the unrecognised Republic of Artsakh (also known as Nagorno-Karabakh Republic). The city has about 40,000 ethnic Armenians. The entire Azerbaijani population left the city during the Nagorno-Karabakh War and it is currently populated fully by Armenians.

Notable natives[change | change source]

References[change | change source]

  1. Results of 2005 census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh. p. 47.

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