Hadrut District (NKAO)

Coordinates: 39°31′00″N 47°01′48″E / 39.51667°N 47.03000°E / 39.51667; 47.03000
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Hadrut District
District
Map of Hadrut within NKAO
Map of Hadrut within NKAO
Autonomous regionAzerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast
Country Azerbaijan SSR
Established8 August 1930
Abolished26 November 1991
CapitalHadrut
Area
 • Total679 km2 (262 sq mi)
Population
 (1986)
 • Total14,200[1]

Hadrut District (Russian: Гадрутский район, Azerbaijani: Hadrut rayonu, Һадрут рајону; Armenian: Հադրութի շրջան) was an administrative unit within the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO) of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic.[2]

History[edit]

The district was formed on 8 August 1930, as the Dizak district; it was renamed Hadrut District on 17 September 1939.[3] The administrative center of the district was the town of Hadrut.[1]

The total area of the district was 679 km2 and it included 41 villages (1986).[1]

Along with NKAO, the district was abolished on 26 November 1991 and was incorporated into Khojavend District of Azerbaijan.[4]

Following the First Nagorno-Karabakh war, the former district came under the control of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh and was incorporated into its Hadrut Province. However, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, Azerbaijan recaptured the town of Hadrut during the Battle of Hadrut, followed by the whole of the district.[5]

Demographics[edit]

Year Population Ethnic groups Source
1926 25,247 97.8% Armenians, 1.8% Azerbaijanis, 0.3% Russians Soviet Census[6]
1939 27,128 95.7% Armenians, 2.7% Azerbaijanis, 1.3% Russians Soviet Census[6]
1959 16,808 93.3% Armenians, 6.1% Azerbaijanis, 0.4% Russians Soviet Census[6]
1970 15,937 87.5% Armenians, 10.4% Azerbaijanis, 0.9% Russians Soviet Census[6]
1979 14,792 84.4% Armenians, 15.1% Azerbaijanis, 0.3% Russians Soviet Census[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Баш редактор: Ҹ. Б. Гулијев, ed. (1987). "Һадрут рајону". Азәрбајҹан Совет Енсиклопедијасы: [10 ҹилддə]. Vol. X ҹилд: Фрост – Шүштəр. Бакы: Азәрбајҹан Совет Енсиклопедијасынын Баш Редаксиjасы. сәһ. 127.
  2. ^ "Нагорно-Карабахская автономная область" [Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast]. Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian). 1967.
  3. ^ Мельников С. А., Ибрагимов Ч. Г (1979). Азербайджанская ССР. Административно-территориальное деление на 1 января 1977 года. Baku: Азернешр. pp. 7–11.
  4. ^ "Azərbaycan Respublikasının Dağlıq Qarabağ Muxtar Vilayətini ləğv etmək haqqında AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASININ QANUNU" [Law of Azerbaijan Republic on Abolishment of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of Azerbaijan Republic]. Archived from the original on 2012-04-24. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
  5. ^ "Война в Карабахе, день 16-й: умозрительное перемирие и 96 погибших у армян" (in Russian). BBC Russian Service. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  6. ^ a b c d e "НАСЕЛЕНИЕ НАГОРНОГО КАРАБАХА". ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru (in Russian). Etno Kavkaz.

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