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In Artsakh, a city/town (Armenian: Քաղաք, romanized: K'aghak) is not defined by the size of its population. The municipalities in Artsakh are divided into 2 categories: urban communities and rural communities. According to the 2015 Artsakh statistics, there were 13 urban communities and 322 rural communities in Artsakh.
A census detailing the population of all urban and rural communities was held in Artsakh in 2005, and a report containing demographic data, including population statistics for Artsakh urban and rural communities as of 2015, was compiled by Hakob Ghahramanyan, and published online by the Artsakh E-Library in 2018.
Map of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement Azerbaijan outside of the conflict zone Armenia Areas captured by Azerbaijan which remain under its control Agdam District was transferred to Azerbaijan on 20 November 2020 Kalbajar District was transferred to Azerbaijan on 25 November 2020 Lachin District was transferred to Azerbaijan on 1 December 2020 Part of Nagorno-Karabakh with no scheduled cession to Azerbaijan Lachin corridor was transferred to control of Russian peacekeepers on 1 December 2020 Access roads into Nagorno-Karabakh New Azerbaijani transport corridor to be established Line of contact before the 2020 conflict. Other areas claimed by Artsakh Regions of Artsakh: 1: Martakert; 2: Askeran; 3: Stepanakert (city); 4: Martuni; 5: Shushi Claimed regions: 6: Hadrut; 7: Shahumyan (Areas shaded white indicate territory outside of the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast and Shahumyan Region. Horizontal dashed lines indicate territory under the control of Azerbaijan.)Map of Artsakh and surrounding territories. The area surrounded by red borders corresponds to territory de facto controlled by the Republic of Artsakh from 1994 until 2020. Yellow regions correspond to the Soviet-era Nagorno Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO), with yellow striped regions controlled by Azerbaijan but claimed by the Republic of Artsakh. Green striped regions correspond to territories outside the former NKAO de facto held by Artsakh following the end of the Nagorno-Karabakh War in 1994.Regions of Artsakh prior to the 2020 war: 1: Martakert; 2: Askeran; 3: Stepanakert (city); 4: Martuni; 5: Shushi; 6: Hadrut; 7: Shahumyan; 8: Kashatagh (Vertical dashed lines indicate territory outside of the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast and Shahumyan Region. Horizontal dashed lines indicate territory under the control of Azerbaijan before the war.)Main cities and towns in ArtsakhEthnic composition of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast in 1989, based on: Arthur Tsutsiev, Atlas of Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus, 1774-2004, Europa: Moscow, 2006.Map of Nagorno-Karabakh, with Stepanakert in the center.
Former Soviet Shahumyan district and the territory known as "Getashen subdistrict" where the Artsakh Shahumyan Province was originally formed
The following list details towns in the Soviet Shahumyan district and Getashen subdistrict that are controlled by Azerbaijan since the First Nagorno-Karabakh war and Operation Ring. Armenians constituted 73.2% of the population of the Shahumyan district in 1979, and the majority of the villages within the Shahumyan district and the Getashen subdistrict had an Armenian majority prior to the First Nagorno-Karabakh war and Operation Ring, with exception for some Azerbaijani-majority villages (as well as some smaller localities), which are mentioned as such in the following list. The Shahumyan district and Getashen subdistrict are claimed by the Republic of Artsakh as part of the Shahumyan Province.
Approximately 17,000 Armenians living in the Shahumyan and Getashen districts were deported out of the region in 1991 during Operation Ring.
Mutalibov stated in this regard,
"Я помню, как мы в свое время с помощью русских смогли очистить от армян около 30 сел вокруг Гянджи... Мы были близки даже к освобождению всего Карабаха, но внутренние распри, разногласия, междоусобицы свели на нет наши старания" (I remember how we with the help of Russians managed to cleanse from Armenians 30 villages around Ganja... we were even close to the liberation of the whole Karabakh but our inner disagreements diminished our efforts). 1news.az 18 Nov. 2008 Аяз Муталибов: "Если мы с Москвой будем говорить четко, я думаю, мы сможем завоевать ее расположение по Карабахской проблеме"
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