Lachin District
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| 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, Kurdish: Laçîn) 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]
Kurdish autonomous district
Between 1923 to 1929,[6] Lachin was established as the Kurdistan Uyezd, an autonomous Soviet district.
References
- ↑ Official census in USSR, 1989
- ↑ "The State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan.". Retrieved September 29, 2010.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Gutman, Roy; Rieff, David; Anderson, Kenneth (1999). Crimes of War: What the Public Should Know. W. W. Norton and Co. p. 358. ISBN 0-393-31914-8.
- ↑ EurasiaNet Eurasia Insight - Armenia’s Strategic Lachin Corridor Confronts a Demographic Crisis
- ↑ "News.az". News.az. 25 May 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- ↑ (Russian) Russia and the problem of Kurds
External links
- Demographic Crisis in Lachin
- An eyewitness report of conditions in 2001
- State Statistical Committee of Azerbaijan Republic. Population of Azerbaijan
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Coordinates: 39°38′0″N 46°33′0″E / 39.63333°N 46.55000°E