Martakert Մարտակերտ | |
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Province | |
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Caipital | Martakert |
Govrenment | |
• Govrenor | Sergei Ohanyan |
Area | |
• Total | 1795 km2 (693 sq mi) |
Area rank | Rankit 4t |
Population (2005)[1] | |
• Total | 18,963 |
• Rank | Rankit 3rd |
• Density | 11/km2 (27/sq mi) |
Website | www |
Martakert (Armenie: Մարտակերտ, Roushie: Мартакерт) is a province o the de facto unthirlt Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. Its territory is a de jure pairt o Azerbaijan, dividit atween the Tartar an Kalbajar rayons efter Azerbaijan's abolition o the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast in 1991. The Sarsang reservoir is locatit in this province.
The Gandzasar monastery, the Yeghishe Arakyal Monastery an the 17t century Armenie monastery Yerits Mankants are locatit in this province. The airchaeological steid o the toun o Tigranakert is locatit here an aw. Thocht tae hae been foondit in the 2nt-1st century B.C, it haes been unnergoin excavation syne 2005. Some o the waws o the ceety, wi Hellenistic-style touers, as well as Armenian basilica datin tae fift tae seivent centuries hae been uncovered.