- Agdam
Infobox Settlement
official_name =Ağdam
native_name =
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pushpin_mapsize =300
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = flag|Azerbaijan
subdivision_type1 = Rayon
subdivision_name1 =Agdam
leader_title =
leader_name =
established_title =
established_date =
area_total_km2 =
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population_as_of =2008
population_total =41827
population_density_km2 =
timezone =AZT
utc_offset = +4
timezone_DST =AZT
utc_offset_DST = +5
latd=39 |latm=59 |lats=35 |latNS=N
longd=46|longm=55 |longs=50 |longEW=E
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website =Ağdam (also, Agdam and Aghdam) is a city in and the capital of the
Agdam Rayon in southwesternAzerbaijan . It is currently aghost town having been occupied by Armenian forces in July 1993 during the ongoing dispute over theNagorno-Karabakh area. "Though the city was never the setting of combat, it fell victim to vandalism while occupied by Armenians. The buildings are gutted and empty, with only the graffiti-covered mosque remaining intact." [http://weburbanist.com/2008/07/06/20-abandoned-cities-and-towns/]References
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* [http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-26&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&pt=c&va=x World Gazetteer: Azerbaijan] – World-Gazetteer.comee also
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Nagorno-Karabakh war
*Azerbaijan External links
* [http://www.azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/21_folder/21_articles/21_fleeingpoem.html Fleeing from Aghdam. Refugee poem]
* [http://www.armeniapedia.org/index.php?title=Aghdam Traveller's report on the current state of the city]
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