Ethnic composition of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast in 1989, based on: Arthur Tsutsiev, Atlas of Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus, 1774-2004, Europa: Moscow, 2006.[1]

This is a list of cities, towns and villages that had Armenian-majority populations in the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO), the Soviet Shahumyan and Getashen districts which took part in the Artsakh declaration of independence, as well as other districts in Azerbaijan, before the exodus of Armenians from Azerbaijan after the outbreak of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.[2][1]

During Soviet times Nagorno-Karabakh was administered as the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO) in the Azerbaijan SSR. After the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the region has been controlled by the de facto independent Republic of Artsakh. After the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War, Azerbaijan has gained control over the Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh except for the Lachin corridor, as well as some parts of the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. Russian peacekeepers are now present in the area and the status quo remains with regard to the status of the rest of the former NKAO region per the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement.

In Artsakh, a city/town (Armenian: Քաղաք, romanizedK'aghak) is not defined by the size of its population. The municipalities in Artsakh are divided into 2 categories: urban communities and rural communities. According to the 2015 Artsakh statistics, there were 13 urban communities[3] and 322 rural communities in Artsakh.[4]

A census detailing the population of all urban and rural communities was held in Artsakh in 2005.[5]

Controlled by Artsakh edit

This is a list of urban and rural communities which had Armenian-majority populations in 1989,[1] and are controlled by the Republic of Artsakh since the end of 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.

Urban communities (former NKAO) edit

Map of Artsakh and surrounding territories. The area surrounded by red borders corresponds to territory de facto controlled by the Republic of Artsakh from 1994 until 2020. Yellow regions correspond to the Soviet-era Nagorno Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO), with yellow striped regions controlled by Azerbaijan but claimed by the Republic of Artsakh. Green striped regions correspond to territories outside the former NKAO de facto held by Artsakh following the end of the Nagorno-Karabakh War in 1994.
RankCity/townIn ArmenianIn AzerbaijaniProvincePopulation
(2015 census)[3]
Coat of armsImage
1StepanakertՍտեփանակերտXankəndiStepanakert
55,200
2MartuniՄարտունիXocavəndMartuni
5,700
3MartakertՄարտակերտAğdərəMartakert
4,600
4ChartarՃարտարÇartarMartuni
4,000
5AskeranԱսկերանƏsgəranAskeran
2,300

Urban and rural communities (former NKAO) edit

Regions of Artsakh:
1: Shahumyan; 2: Martakert; 3: Askeran; 4: Martuni; 5: Hadrut; 6: Shushi; 7: Kashatagh
(Vertical dashed lines indicate territory outside of the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast and Shahumyan Region. Horizontal dashed lines indicate territory under the control of Azerbaijan.)
Main cities and towns in Artsakh
Map of Nagorno-Karabakh, with Stepanakert in the center.

Askeran Province edit

City/town/villageIn ArmenianIn AzerbaijaniPopulationControlImage
AskeranԱսկերանƏsgəran2,300  Artsakh
AstghashenԱստղաշենDaşbulaq507  Artsakh
AygestanԱյգեստանBallıca1,084  Artsakh
Berkadzor (Founded in 1998)Բերքաձոր195  Artsakh
DahravԴահրավDəhrəv216  Artsakh
DahrazԴահրազDəhrəz4  Artsakh
DashushenԴաշուշենDaşkənd133  Artsakh
HaravՀարավHarov324  Artsakh
HilisՀիլիսQarakötük172  Artsakh
HovsepavanՀովսեփավան176  Artsakh
KarmirgyughԿարմիրգյուղQızıloba171  Artsakh
KhachenԽաչենSeyidbəyli332  Artsakh
KhachmachԽաչմաչXaçmaç202  Artsakh
KhandzkԽանձքXanyeri231  Artsakh
KhnapatԽնապատXanabad1,042  Artsakh
KhnatsakhԽնածախXanyurdu592  Artsakh
KhndzristanԽնձրիստանAlmalı814  Artsakh
KhramortԽրամորթPirlər403  Artsakh
KrasniԿռասնիDağdağan243  Artsakh
KyatukՔյաթուկKətik8  Artsakh
LusadzorԼուսաձորMehdibəyli177  Artsakh
MkhitarashenՄխիթարաշենMuxtar91  Artsakh
NakhijevanikՆախիջևանիկNaxçıvanlı222  Artsakh
Nerkin SznekՆերքին ՍզնեքAşağı Yemişcan131  Artsakh
NoragyughՆորագյուղTəzəbinə1,517  Artsakh
ParukhՓառուխFarux72  Artsakh
PtretsikՊտրեցիկBadara815  Artsakh
RevՌևŞəlvə110  Artsakh
SardarashenՍարդարաշենSərdarkənd137  Artsakh
SarnaghbyurՍառնաղբյուրAğbulaq132  Artsakh
SarushenՍարուշենDağyürd380  Artsakh
ShoshՇոշŞuşakənd641  Artsakh
TsaghkashatԾաղկաշատQışlaq202  Artsakh
UrakhachՈՒրախաչUlubaba  Artsakh
VarazabunՎարազաբունAranzəmin25  Artsakh
VardadzorՎարդաձորPircamal268  Artsakh
Verin SznekՎերին ՍզնեքVerin Sıznek28  Artsakh

Martakert Province edit

City/town/villageIn ArmenianIn AzerbaijaniPopulationControlImage
AghabekalanjԱղաբեկալանջAğabəyyalı155  Artsakh
ArajadzorԱռաջաձորDovşanlı741  Artsakh
ChankataghՃանկաթաղÇanyataq272  Artsakh
ChaparՉափարÇapar355  Artsakh
DrmbonԴրմբոնHeyvalı645  Artsakh
GarnakarԳառնաքարÇormanlı124  Artsakh
GetavanԳետավանQozlukörpü409  Artsakh
GhazarahoghՂազարահողGazarahox75  Artsakh
HarutyunagomerՀարությունագոմերQızılqaya400  Artsakh
HaterkՀաթերքHasanriz1,531  Artsakh
JraberdՋրաբերդÇiləbürt63  Artsakh
KhnkavanԽնկավանXanqutala169  Artsakh
KichanԿիչանKiçan168  Artsakh
KmkadzorՔմքաձորMiqrelalay116  Artsakh
KochoghotԿոճողոտYayıcı534  Artsakh
KolatakՔոլատակKolatağ273  Artsakh
KusapatԿուսապատQasapet276  Artsakh
MaghavuzՄաղավուզÇardaqlı468  Artsakh
MartakertՄարտակերտAğdərə4,600  Artsakh
MehmanaՄեհմանաMehmana27  Artsakh
Mets ShenՄեծ ՇենUlu Qarabəy322  Artsakh
MokhrataghՄոխրաթաղKiçik Qarabəy345  Artsakh
Nerkin HorataghՆերքին ՀոռաթաղAşağı Oratağ776  Artsakh
PoghosagomerՊողոսագոմերDəvədaşı220  Artsakh
SeysulanՍեյսուլանSeysulan  Artsakh
ShahmasurՇահմասուրŞahmansurlu148  Artsakh
TblghuԹբլղուDamğalı176  Artsakh
TonashenՏոնաշենTonaşen79  Artsakh
TsaghkashenԾաղկաշենDəmirli137  Artsakh
TsmakahoghԾմակահողBazarkənd261  Artsakh
VaghuhasՎաղուհասQozlu638  Artsakh
VankՎանքVəngli1,284  Artsakh
VardadzorՎարդաձորGülyataq193  Artsakh
VarnkataghՎարնկաթաղLüləsaz95  Artsakh
Verin HorataghՎերին ՀորաթաղYuxarı Oratağ449  Artsakh
ZaglikԶագլիկZəylik217  Artsakh
ZardakhachԶարդախաչZardaxaç125  Artsakh

Martuni Province edit

City/town/villageIn ArmenianIn AzerbaijaniPopulationControlImage
AshanԱշանHeşan588  Artsakh
AvdurԱվդուռAvdur151  Artsakh
BerdashenԲերդաշենQarakənd1,500  Artsakh
ChartarՃարտարÇartar4,000  Artsakh
GhavakhanՂավախանGavahın124  Artsakh
GishiԳիշիKiş1,234  Artsakh
HaghortiՀաղորտիKəndxurd231  Artsakh
HatsiՀացիÇörəkli234  Artsakh
HerherՀերհերQarqar577  Artsakh
KaghartsiԿաղարծիQağartsi306  Artsakh
KarahunjՔարահունջQarazəmi  Artsakh
Karmir ShukaԿարմիր ՇուկաQırmızı Bazar1,113  Artsakh
KertՔերթQuzumkənd567  Artsakh
KherkhanԽերխանXərxan140  Artsakh
KhnushinakԽնուշինակXanoba615  Artsakh
KolkhozashenԿոլխոզաշենArpadüzü241  Artsakh
MachkalashenՄաճկալաշենMaçkalaşen546  Artsakh
MartuniՄարտունիXocavənd5,700  Artsakh
MsmnaՄսմնաAğbulaq71  Artsakh
MushkapatՄուշկապատMüşkapat351  Artsakh
MirushenՄիրուշենMiruşen160  Artsakh
NngiՆնգիCəmiyyət334  Artsakh
NorshenՆորշենYenikənd354  Artsakh
ParavatumbՊառավաթումբQarıtəpə140  Artsakh
SkhtorashenՍխտորաշենŞıx Dursun19  Artsakh
SosՍոսSos1,016  Artsakh
SpitakashenՍպիտակաշենAğkənd422  Artsakh
TaghavardԹաղավարդTağaverd1,315  Artsakh
TsovateghԾովատեղZavadıx151  Artsakh
YemishchanԵմիշճանYemişcan194  Artsakh

Shushi Province edit

City/town/villageIn ArmenianIn AzerbaijaniPopulationControlImage
Hin ShenՀին ՇենKiçik Qaladərəsi190  Artsakh
Mets ShenՄեծշենBöyük Qaladərəsi116  Artsakh
YeghtsahoghԵղցահողYextsahoğ118  Artsakh

Controlled by Azerbaijan edit

Map of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement
  Azerbaijan outside of the conflict zone
  Armenia
  Areas captured by Azerbaijan, to stay under its control
  Agdam District: to be transferred to Azerbaijan by 20 November
  Kalbajar District: to be transferred to Azerbaijan by 25 November
  Lachin District: to be transferred to Azerbaijan by 1 December
  Part of Nagorno-Karabakh with no scheduled cession to Azerbaijan
  Lachin corridor, monitored by Russian peacekeepers
  Access roads into Nagorno-Karabakh
  New Azerbaijani transport corridor to be established
  Line of contact before the 2020 conflict.
  Other areas claimed by Artsakh

This is a list of urban and rural communities of the Republic of Artsakh which were part of the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO), had Armenian-majority populations in 1989,[1] and have been controlled by Azerbaijan since the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.

Urban communities (former NKAO) edit

The following list details urban communities of Artsakh controlled by Azerbaijan since the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.

RankCity/townIn ArmenianIn AzerbaijaniProvincePopulation
(2015 census)[3]
Coat of armsImage
1HadrutՀադրութHadrutHadrut
4,100
2Zoravan (Nerkin Chartar) (Founded after 1994)Զորավան (Ներքին Ճարտար)Martuni
400

Complete list of urban and rural communities (former NKAO) edit

Askeran Province edit

City/town/villageIn ArmenianIn AzerbaijaniPopulationControlImage
AknaghbyurԱկնաղբյուրQarabulaq647  Azerbaijan
AvetaranotsԱվետարանոցÇanaqçı1,121  Azerbaijan
JraghatsnerՋրաղացներDəmirçilər132  Azerbaijan
MadatashenՄադաթաշենMədədkənd104  Azerbaijan
MoshkhmhatՄոշխմհատQuşçubaba64  Azerbaijan
SghnakhՍղնախSığnaq251  Azerbaijan

Hadrut Province edit

City/town/villageIn ArmenianIn AzerbaijaniPopulationControlImage
AknaghbyurԱկնաղբյուրAğbulaq322  Azerbaijan
ArakelԱռաքելArakül134  Azerbaijan
ArevshatԱրևշատDolanlar211  Azerbaijan
AygestanԱյգեստանQoçbəyli316  Azerbaijan
AzokhԱզոխAzıx741  Azerbaijan
BanadzorԲանաձորBinədərəsi175  Azerbaijan
DjrakusՋրակուսCiraquz238  Azerbaijan
DrakhtikԴրախտիկZoğalbulaq450  Azerbaijan
DzoragyughՁորագյուղYuxarı Məzrə  Azerbaijan
HadrutՀադրութHadrut4,100  Azerbaijan
HakakuՀակակուAğdam142  Azerbaijan
Hin TagherՀին ԹաղլարKöhnə Tağlar96  Azerbaijan
JraberdՋրաբերդMülküdərə1  Azerbaijan
KaraglukhՔարագլուխDaşbaşı  Azerbaijan
KaringՔարինգArpagədik24  Azerbaijan
KarmrakuchԿարմրակուճKəmərtük145  Azerbaijan
KhandzadzorԽանձաձորAğcakənd122  Azerbaijan
KhtsaberdԽծաբերդÇaylaqqala120  Azerbaijan
KyurataghՔյուրաթաղDüdükçü321  Azerbaijan
MariamadzorՄարիամաձորMəmməddərə245  Azerbaijan
MelikashenՄելիքաշենMelikcanlı11  Azerbaijan
Mets TagherՄեծ ԹաղերBöyük Tağlar1,509  Azerbaijan
MokhrenesՄոխրենեսSusanlıq180  Azerbaijan
NorashenՆորաշենGünəşli159  Azerbaijan
PetrosashenՊետրոսաշենPetrosashen  Azerbaijan
PletantsՊլեթանցBulutan28  Azerbaijan
SaralanjՍարալանջCilən27  Azerbaijan
SarinshenՍարինշենŞahyeri15  Azerbaijan
SpitakashenՍպիտակշենSpitakşen11  Azerbaijan
TaghaserԹաղասեռTağaser434  Azerbaijan
TaghutԹաղուտAtaqut205  Azerbaijan
TumiՏումիBinə746  Azerbaijan
TsaghkavankԾաղկավանքXırmancıq4  Azerbaijan
TsakuriԾակուռիHünərli109  Azerbaijan
TsamdzorԾամձորDərəkənd47  Azerbaijan
TsorՑորSor20  Azerbaijan
TyakՏյաքDağdöşü70  Azerbaijan
UkhtadzorՈւխտաձորEdilli309  Azerbaijan
VankՎանքÇinarlı122  Azerbaijan
VardashatՎարդաշատEdişa162  Azerbaijan

Martakert Province edit

City/town/villageIn ArmenianIn AzerbaijaniPopulationControlImage
AygestanԱյգեստանÇaylı  Azerbaijan
HaykajurՀայկաջուրHəsənqaya  Azerbaijan
KarmiravanԿարմիրավանQızıloba  Azerbaijan
LevonarkhԼեւոնարխGöyarx  Azerbaijan
MataghisՄատաղիսSuqovuşan665  Azerbaijan
MaraghaՄարաղաŞıxarx  Azerbaijan
TalishԹալիշTalış597  Azerbaijan

Martuni Province edit

City/town/villageIn ArmenianIn AzerbaijaniPopulationControlImage
SargsashenՍարգսաշենÇağadüz285  Azerbaijan
ShekherՇեխերŞəkər407  Azerbaijan
ZardanashenԶարդանաշենZərdanaşen101  Azerbaijan
Zoravan (Nerkin Chartar) (Founded after 1994)Զորավան (Ներքին Ճարտար)400  Azerbaijan

Shushi Province edit

City/town/villageIn ArmenianIn AzerbaijaniPopulationControlImage
KarintakՔարինտակDaşaltı660  Azerbaijan

Outside the former NKAO edit

The following list details localities in the Soviet Shahumyan district and Getashen subdistrict as well as other districts in Azerbaijan which had Armenian-majority populations before the exodus of Armenians from Azerbaijan after the outbreak of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Shahumyan District and Getashen Subdistrict edit

Former Soviet Shahumyan district and the territory known as "Getashen subdistrict" where the Artsakh Shahumyan Province was originally formed

The following list details localities in the Soviet Shahumyan district and Getashen subdistrict, which had Armenian-majority populations in 1989,[1] and that are controlled by Azerbaijan since the First Nagorno-Karabakh war and Operation Ring. Armenians constituted 73.2% of the population of the Shahumyan district in 1979,[6] and the majority of the villages within the Shahumyan district and the Getashen subdistrict had an Armenian majority prior to the First Nagorno-Karabakh war and Operation Ring.[7] The Shahumyan district and Getashen subdistrict are claimed by the Republic of Artsakh as part of the Shahumyan Province.

Approximately 17,000 Armenians living in the Shahumyan and Getashen districts were deported out of the region in 1991 during Operation Ring.[8][9]

Shahumyan District (Goranboy District) edit
City/town/villageIn ArmenianIn AzerbaijaniPopulationImage
BuzlukԲուզլուկBuzluq
ErkejԷրքեջErkeç
GyulistanԳյուլիստանGülüstan
Hay BorisnerՀայ ԲորիսներBörü
KarachinarԿարաչինարQaraçinar
KharkhaputԽարխապուտMeşəli
MenashenՄենաշենManashid
ShafakՇաֆակŞəfəq
ShahumyanՇահումյանAşağı Ağcakənd
VerinshenՎերինշենYuxarı Ağcakənd
Getashen Subdistrict (Goygol District) edit
City/town/villageIn ArmenianIn AzerbaijaniPopulationImage
AzatԱզատYeni Zod
GetashenԳետաշենÇaykənd
KamoԿամոKamo
Kushchi-ArmavirԿուշչի ԱրմավիրQuşçu
MartunashenՄարտունաշենQarabulaq

Other districts edit

Agsu District edit
City/town/villageIn ArmenianIn AzerbaijaniPopulationImage
HngharՀնղարHinqar
Dashkasan District edit
City/town/villageIn ArmenianIn AzerbaijaniPopulationImage
BanantsԲանանցBayan
KhachakapԽաչակապQuşçu
KirantsԿիրանցKəmərqaya
Nerkin KarhatՆերքին ՔարհատAşağı Daşkəsən
Pip (Zaglik - Զեյլիկ)ՓիփZəylik
ShahumyanՇահումյանQazaxlı
Verin KarhatՎերին ՔարհատYuxarı Daşkəsən
Goygol District edit
City/town/villageIn ArmenianIn AzerbaijaniPopulationImage
BrajurԲրաջուրKərəmli, Qarakeşiş
ChragidzorՃրագիձորÇıraqdərə
MurutՄուռուտÜçbulaq
Vardashen (Mirzik - Միրզիկ)ՎարդաշենŞəhriyar
Ismayilli District edit
City/town/villageIn ArmenianIn AzerbaijaniPopulationImage
GirkԳիրքKirk
UshtalՈւշտալUştal
Shabran District edit
City/town/villageIn ArmenianIn AzerbaijaniPopulationImage
KilvarՔիլվարKilvar
Shamakhi District edit
City/town/villageIn ArmenianIn AzerbaijaniPopulationImage
Dara-KarkanjԴարա-ՔարքանջDərəkərkənc
KalakhanՔալախանKələxana
KerkenjՔերքենջKərkənc
MatrasaՄատրասաMədrəsə
MeysariՄեյսարիMeysəri
SaghianՍաղիանSaqiyan
Zarkhu (Shirvanzade - Շիրվանզադե)ԶարխուŞirvan
Shamkir District edit
City/town/villageIn ArmenianIn AzerbaijaniPopulationImage
KhachisarԽաչիսարÇardaqlı

References edit