Martakert Province

Coordinates: 40°12′37″N 46°48′33″E / 40.21028°N 46.80917°E / 40.21028; 46.80917

Martakert Մարտակերտ
—  Province  —
Capital	Martakert
Government
- Governor	Sergei Ohanyan
Area
- Total	1,795 km2 (693.1 sq mi)
Area rank	Ranked 4th
Population (2005)[1]
- Total	18,963
- Rank	Ranked 3rd
- Density	10.6/km2 (27.4/sq mi)
Postal code
Website	karabakh.net

Martakert (Armenian: Մարտակերտ, Russian: Мартакерт) is a province of the de facto independent Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. Its territory is a de jure part of Azerbaijan, divided between the Tartar and Kelbajar rayons after Azerbaijan's abolition of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast in 1991. The Sarsang reservoir is located in this province.

Cultural sites

The Gandzasar monastery, the Yeghishe Arakyal Monastery and the 17th century Armenian monastery Yerits Mankants are located in this province. In the summer of 2006, Armenian media announced that the ruins of an ancient city built by King Tigranes the Great had been discovered in the Mardakert region. Archaeologist Hamlet Petrosyan said it was no coincidence that that very location had been chosen for excavation - history had pointed to it strongly.

Mardakert view

The Sarsang reservoir, in Mardakert, Nagorno-Karabakh.

References

1. ^ Census

See also

• Surp Hovhannes Mkrtich Church