Lachin Rayon
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| Population: | (Soviet census, 1989) 47,339[1] (Official Azerbaijani data by January 1, 2009) 72,000[2] |
| Aurie (km2.): | 1,840 |
| Zip Code: | AZ4100 |
Lachin (Azerbaijani: Laçın) is a rayon o Azerbaijan. The caipital is the ceety o Lachin. The region haes been controlled bi the brakwa Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, as pairt o its Qashatagh Province, syne the Nagorno-Karabakh War.
Upon the captur o Lachin rayon, Armenie forces forcefully displacit its entire Azeri an Kurdish population[3] an resettled the region wi Armenie refugees frae Azerbaijan, settlers frae Armenie an ethnic Armenies frae ither kintras apparently wi promises o land, livestock an social benefits.[3][4] The main land-link atween Armenie an the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, kent as the Lachin corridor, crosses its territory. The Lachin Kurdish Republic wis briefly proclaimit in 1992 durin the Nagorno-Karabakh War for Kurdish inhabitants.
In the first hauf o 2011, 300 Armenie families wur settled in Lachin [5]
Kurdish autonomous destrict [edit]
Between 1923 to 1929,[6] Lachin wis established as the Kurdistan Uyezd, an autonomous Soviet destrict.
References [edit]
- ↑ Official census in USSR, 1989
- ↑ The State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan.. Retrieved on 29 September 2010. .
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Gutman, Roy, Rieff, David; Anderson, Kenneth (1999). Crimes of War: What the Public Should Know. W. W. Norton and Co..
- ↑ EurasiaNet Eurasia Insight - Armenia’s Strategic Lachin Corridor Confronts a Demographic Crisis
- ↑ "News.az", 25 May 2011. Retrieved on 25 Mey 2011..
- ↑ (Roushie) Russia and the problem of Kurds
Freemit airtins [edit]
- Demographic Crisis in Lachin
- An eyewitness report o conditions in 2001
- State Statistical Committee o Azerbaijan Republic. Population o Azerbaijan
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