Shusha District
District
Map of Azerbaijan showing Shusha District
Map of Azerbaijan showing Shusha District
Country Azerbaijan
RegionKarabakh
Established8 August 1930
CapitalShusha
Settlements[1]39
Government
 • GovernorBayram Safarov
Area
 • Total310 km2 (120 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total34,700
 • Density110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
Postal code
5800
Websiteshusha-ih.gov.az

Shusha District (Azerbaijani: Şuşa rayonu) is one of the 69 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the west of the country and belongs to the Karabakh Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Khojaly, Lachin, and Khojavend. Its capital and largest city is Shusha. As of 2020, the district had a nominal population of 34,700.[2] Finally villages of Malıbəyli, Aşağı Quşçular and Yuxarı Quşçular were transferred to Khojaly District according to passing law in 5 December 2023.[3][4]


History

The district was formerly part of the Shusha District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO) of Azerbaijan SSR during the Soviet times. It was the only district of NKAO to have an Armenian majority.[5]

The district came under the control of the Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War and was made part of the Shushi Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh. However, in 2020, parts of the district, including its capital, Shusha, were recaptured by Azerbaijan in November 2020 following a 44-day battle during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[6] Remaining part of it was put under Russian peacekeeping control. After the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh, the entire district fell under the control of Azerbaijan after the capitulation of the Artsakh Defence Army in the area.[7]


Notable residents

References

  1. ^ "İnzibati-ərazi vahidləri" (PDF). preslib.az. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Population of Azerbaijan". stat.gov.az. State Statistics Committee. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  3. ^ Azərbaycan Respublikasının Dövlət Statistika Komitəsi (2019). "İnzibati ərazi bölgüsü təsnifatı" (PDF) (in Azerbaijani). stat.gov.az. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-04-16. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
  4. ^ "Azərbaycan Respublikasının Ağdam, Cəbrayıl, Füzuli, Xocalı, Xocavənd, Qubadlı, Laçın və Şuşa rayonlarının inzibati ərazi bölgüsündə qismən dəyişiklik edilməsi haqqında – Azərbaycan Respublikasının Qanunu". Azərbaycan Respublikasının Ədliyyə Nazirliyi Hüquqi aktların vahid elektron bazası (in Azerbaijani). 5 December 2023.
  5. ^ "НАСЕЛЕНИЕ НАГОРНОГО КАРАБАХА". ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru (in Russian). Etno Kavkaz.
  6. ^ Ghazanchyan, Siranush (11 November 2020). "Statement on ending the war in Karabakh not a political document on conflict settlement – Armenian PM". Public Radio of Armenia. Archived from the original on 1 December 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Nagorno-Karabakh's breakaway government says it will dissolve itself". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 September 2023.

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