Mardakert

Mardakert

Infobox Nagorno-Karabakh
Name = Mardakert
ArmenianName = Մարտակերտ
Nagorno-Karabakh


Capital = Martakert
GovernorName = Sergei Ohanyan
AreaRank =
TotalArea = 1795
PercentWater = Negligible
PopulationYear = 2005
Population_rank =
Population = 18963 [http://census.stat-nkr.am/nkr/1-4.pdf Census] ]
Density = 10.56
PostalAbbreviation =
ISOCode =
FIPSRegionCode =
Website = www.karabakh.net

Mardakert ( _hy. Մարտակերտ, _ru. Мардакерт, also known as _az. Ağdərə) 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 is 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.

References

See also

* Surp Hovhannes Mkrtich Church


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