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Lachin (Laçın) Rayon
Map of Azerbaijan showing Lacin rayon
Population (before 1989, estimate): 67,000
Population (2002, estimate): 15,000
Area (sq. km.): 1,840
Zip Code: AZ4100

Lachin (Template:Lang-az) 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 and has been renamed Qashatagh, the district's name during the late-medieval period. Lachin was also renamed as "Berdzor" by Armenians.

Upon the capture of Lachin rayon, Armenian forces forcefully displaced its entire Azeri and Kurdish population and resettled the region with Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan, settlers from Armenia and ethnic Armenians from other countries after the Nagorno-Karabakh War. 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

See also: Kurdistan Uyezd

Between 1923 to 1929, 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.

References

  1. EurasiaNet Eurasia Insight - Armenia’s Strategic Lachin Corridor Confronts a Demographic Crisis
  2. CIA - The World Factbook -- Azerbaijan
  3. Karapetyan, Samvel. Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabagh. Yerevan, 2001, p. 122.
  4. Hewsen, Robert H. (2001). Armenia: A Historical Atlas. The University of Chicago Press. pp. 100–104, 121–123. ISBN 0-226-33228-4.
  5. ^ Gutman, Roy (1999). Crimes of War: What the Public Should Know. W. W. Norton and Co. p. 358. ISBN 0393319148. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  6. EurasiaNet Eurasia Insight - Armenia’s Strategic Lachin Corridor Confronts a Demographic Crisis
  7. Template:Ru icon Russia and the problem of Kurds
  8. Alexei Baliyev (December 11, 2007 (the date of publication in Russian)). "The Kurdish Karabagh". Russky Predprinimatel Monitor. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

External links

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Lachin District
Capital: Lachin

39°38′0″N 46°33′0″E / 39.63333°N 46.55000°E / 39.63333; 46.55000

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