Martakert
Martakert / Aghdara
Մարտակերտ / Ağdərə | |
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Martakert in 2002 | |
Martakert / Aghdara Martakert / Aghdara Martakert / Aghdara | |
| Coordinates: 40°12′55″N 46°48′46″E / 40.21528°N 46.81278°E | |
| Country | Azerbaijan |
| • District | Aghdara |
| Elevation | 415 m (1,362 ft) |
| Population (2015) | |
• Total | 4,600 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Martakert (Armenian: Մարտակերտ, Russian: Мардакерт, also Mardakert, Մարդակերտ) or Aghdara (Azerbaijani: Ağdərə ⓘ) is an Armenian town in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan. The town was previously controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh, as the centre of its Martakert Province. The town had an ethnic Armenian-majority population, until the expulsion of the Armenian population of the city, as well as the Nagorno-Karabakh region as a whole. The town and the region of Martakert as a whole underwent heavy destruction by Azerbaijani forces while under their control during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.