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| Population (before 1989, estimate): | 67,000 |
| Population (2002, estimate)[1]: | 15,000 |
| 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]
External links
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; Rieff, David; Anderson, Kenneth (1999). Crimes of War: What the Public Should Know. W. W. Norton and Co.. p. 358. ISBN 0393319148.
- ^ EurasiaNet Eurasia Insight - Armenia’s Strategic Lachin Corridor Confronts a Demographic Crisis
- ^ (Russian) Russia and the problem of Kurds
- ^ Alexei Baliyev (December 11, 2007 (the date of publication in Russian)). "The Kurdish Karabagh". Russky Predprinimatel Monitor. http://rpmonitor.ru/en/en/detail.php?ID=7375.
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Coordinates: 39°38′0″N 46°33′0″E / 39.633333°N 46.55°E
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