Hadrut
39°31′00″N 47°01′48″E / 39.51667°N 47.03000°E
Hadrut
Հադրութ | |
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 The centre of Hadrut | |
| Country | De facto Nagorno-KarabakhDe jure  Azerbaijan |
| Province Rayon | Hadrut Khojavend |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 4,100 [1] |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (UTC) |
Hadrut (Armenian: Հադրութ Azerbaijani: Hadrut) is de facto the administrative center of Hadrut Province, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and de jure a town in the Khojavend Rayon of Azerbaijan. The town has been de facto part of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic since the end of the 1991-94 Nagorno-Karabakh War. According to NKR statistics, the town has a population of 4,100 as of 2015.[2]
History
From 10 September 1939, Hadrut was the capital of the Hadrut rayon within the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic until the abolishment of the Autonomous Oblast on 26 November 1991.[3]
During the Nagorno-Karabakh War, the town was occupied by the Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army on 2 October 1992.
Climate
| Climate data for Hadrut, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 40.1 (4.5) |
41.7 (5.4) |
48.6 (9.2) |
61.5 (16.4) |
68.4 (20.2) |
77.4 (25.2) |
82.9 (28.3) |
84.6 (29.2) |
74.7 (23.7) |
64.9 (18.3) |
52.9 (11.6) |
44.8 (7.1) |
61.9 (16.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 26.8 (−2.9) |
27.9 (−2.3) |
33.4 (0.8) |
43.7 (6.5) |
51.4 (10.8) |
58.8 (14.9) |
64.4 (18.0) |
62.4 (16.9) |
57.0 (13.9) |
47.8 (8.8) |
38.7 (3.7) |
31.3 (−0.4) |
45.3 (7.4) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 0.9 (22) |
1.1 (28) |
1.7 (42) |
2.1 (54) |
3.1 (79) |
2.3 (59) |
1.0 (25) |
0.9 (24) |
1.2 (31) |
1.7 (44) |
1.3 (34) |
0.9 (23) |
18.2 (465) |
| Source: http://en.climate-data.org/location/52897/ | |||||||||||||
Twin towns - sister cities
Vagarshapat, Armenia (since 2010).[4]
Burbank, United States (since 2014).[5]
References
- ^ http://stat-nkr.am/files/publications/2015/LXH_tverov_2015.pdf
- ^ http://stat-nkr.am/files/publications/2015/LXH_tverov_2015.pdf
- ^ Law of Azerbaijan Republic on Abolishment of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of Azerbaijan Republic [1]
- ^ Official page of Vagarshapat city
- ^ Hadrut (NKR) and Burbank (USA) Became Sister Cities
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