| Population: | (Soviet census, 1989) 47,339[1] (Official Azerbaijani data by January 1, 2009) 72,000[2] |
| Area (km2.): | 1,840 |
| Zip Code: | AZ4100 |
Lachin (Azerbaijani: Laçın) is a rayon of Azerbaijan. The capital is the city of Lachin. The region has been controlled by the breakway Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, as part of its Qashatagh Province, since the Nagorno-Karabakh War.
Upon the capture of Lachin rayon, Armenian forces forcefully displaced its entire Azeri and Kurdish population[3] and resettled the region with Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan, settlers from Armenia and ethnic Armenians from other countries apparently with promises of land, livestock and social benefits.[3][4] The main land-link between Armenia and the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, known as the Lachin corridor, crosses its territory. The Lachin Kurdish Republic was briefly proclaimed in 1992 during the Nagorno-Karabakh War for Kurdish inhabitants.
In the first half of 2011, 300 Armenian families were settled in Lachin [5]
Between 1923 to 1929,[6] Lachin was established as the Kurdistan Uyezd, an autonomous Soviet district.
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