Hadrut (town)
Coordinates: 39°31′00″N 47°01′48″E / 39.51667°N 47.03000°E
| Hadrut Հադրութ | |
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The centre of Hadrut | |
  Hadrut | |
| Coordinates: 39°31′00″N 47°01′48″E / 39.51667°N 47.03000°E | |
| Country |
De facto Nagorno-KarabakhDe jure  Azerbaijan |
| Province Rayon |
Hadrut Khojavend |
| Population (2013) | |
| • Total | 3,800 |
| Time zone | UTC (UTC+4) |
Hadrut (Armenian: Հադրութ Azerbaijani: Hadrut) is the de facto administrative center of Hadrut Province of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and a de jure town in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan. The town is de facto part of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic since the end of the 1991-94 Nagorno-Karabakh War. According to the Nagorno-Karabkh Republic Statistics, the population of the town was in 3,800[1] 2013.
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 Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast on 26 November 1991.[2]
During the Nagorno-Karabakh War, the town was occupied by the Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army on 2 October 1992.
Twin towns - sister cities
References
- ↑ Statistical yearbook of NKR 2003-2009, p. 36
- ↑ Law of Azerbaijan Republic on Abolishment of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of Azerbaijan Republic
- ↑ Official page of Vagarshapat city
- ↑ Hadrut (NKR) and Burbank (USA) Became Sister Cities
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