Askeran District (NKAO)

Askeran District (Azerbaijani: Əsgəran rayonu, Әсҝәран рајону; Armenian: Ասկերանի շրջան, romanized: Askerani shrjan) was an administrative unit within the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO) of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic.

Askeran District
District
Map of Askeran within the NKAO
Autonomous region Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast
Country Azerbaijan SSR
Abolished26 November 1991
CapitalAskeran
Population
 (1979)[1]
 • Total20,094

History

The capital of the district was the town of Askeran. Until 1978 the district was called the Stepanakert District and its capital was Stepanakert.[2][3]

The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast was abolished on 26 November 1991.[4] The district was renamed Khojaly District.

Following the First Nagorno-Karabakh war, all of the district came under the control of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh and was incorporated into its Askeran Province. However, following the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, Azerbaijan recaptured parts of the district and after September 2023 offensive they gained the full control of the region.

Demographics
Historical ethnic composition of the Askeran District[1]
Ethnic group 1926 census 1939 census 1959 census 1970 census 1979 census
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Armenians 26,702 99.68 26,881 91.68 17,693 85.50 15,642 79.93 14,772 73.51
Azerbaijanis 22 0.08 2,014 6.87 2,884 13.94 3,785 19.34 5,231 26.03
Russians 9 0.03 305 1.04 75 0.36 6 0.03 53 0.26
Others 55 0.21 121 0.41 42 0.20 137 0.70 38 0.19
TOTAL 26,788 100.00 29,321 100.00 20,694 100.00 19,570 100.00 20,094 100.00

References
  1. "НАСЕЛЕНИЕ НАГОРНОГО КАРАБАХА". ЭТНО-КАВКАЗ.
  2. Управление делами Президента Азербайджанской Республики. Административно-территориальное деление.
  3. Нагорно-Карабахская автономная область, Great Soviet Encyclopedia
  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.

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