- Askeran
:"For the village, see
Əsgəran ."Infobox Nagorno-Karabakh
Name = Askeran
ArmenianName = Ասկերան
Nagorno-Karabakh
Capital = Askeran
GovernorName =
AreaRank =
TotalArea = 1222
PercentWater = Negligible
PopulationYear = 2005
Population_rank =
Population = 16979
Density = 13.90
PostalAbbreviation =
ISOCode =
FIPSRegionCode =
Website = www.karabakh.netAskeran ( _hy. Ասկերան) is one of the eight provinces of the unrecognised
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), coterminous with theAzerbaijan i rayon ofKhojali . It is in the center of the NKR, surrounding its capital city ofStepanakert .Geography
Askeran adjoins the
Mardakert on the north, Agdam of Azerbaijan on the east.Hadrut and Shushi in the south,Martuni in the south east andKashatagh on the west. Stepanakert, the capital of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, is located in the south-west of the province.History
Durring the
middle ages the left side of the Askeran province was part ofPrincipality of Khachen and the right sideVaranda the center of which wasAvetaranots , located in the south of the region.Following the formation of the
Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast a rayon was formed, center of which was the capital Stepanakert. In 1978, Askeran became the center of the rayon, and the rayon was renamed to Askeran. Total of 52 settlements were registered in 1979.As the Karabakh conflict started, the Azerbaijani government began to implement a plan to create a new district center. From 1988 to 1990 the population of the village
Khojaly was increased from 2135 to 6000 residents, which mostly consisted of immigrants from Central Asia (more than 2000 Meskhetian Turks) and Armenia (about 2000). In April 1990, Khojaly received a city status, becoming a regional center. Newly created Khojaly district included Askeran District and part of Martuni. [ [http://www.regnum.ru/news/962004.html Карабахские депутаты: Ходжалу стал жертвой политических интриг и борьбы за власть в Азербайджане - Новости России - ИА REGNUM ] ]Currently part of the Agdam rayon of Azerbaijan that is controlled by the NKR is included in the Askeran province. Also located here are the ruins of
Tigranakert (Artsakh) .References
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