Füzuli
Coordinates: 39°36′01″N 47°08′35″E / 39.60028°N 47.14306°E
| Füzuli Armenian: Ֆիզուլի | |
|---|---|
  Füzuli | |
| Coordinates: 39°36′01″N 47°08′35″E / 39.60028°N 47.14306°E | |
| Country | |
| Rayon | Fizuli |
| Founded | 1827 |
| Elevation | 416 m (1,365 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 26,765 |
| Time zone | AZT (UTC+4) |
| • Summer (DST) | AZT (UTC+5) |
| Area code(s) | +994 141 |
Füzuli (also known as Fizuli, Karjagino, Karyagino, or Sardar) is a city and the capital of the western Hadrut Region of Nagorno Karabakh Republic. Due to the ongoing war, it is currently an uninhabited ghost town.
History
Once known as Qarabulaq, the village was renamed Karyagino in 1827 to honour Pavel Karyagin, a Russian military hero of the Russo-Persian War. It was renamed in 1959, in honour of the 16th-century poet Fuzûlî. During the 1993 Summer Offensives of the Nagorno-Karabakh War, Fizuli was captured by Armenian forces and - though parts of the surrounding region were later retaken - the city itself remains in occupied territory, essentially a ghost town.
Sister cities
Notable natives
- Ilyas Afandiyev — writer, Honored Artist of Azerbaijan SSR (1960), People's writer of the Azerbaijan SSR (1979).[2]
- Seymur Mammadov — National Hero of Azerbaijan[3]
References
- ↑ "Глава оккупированного Физули проводит встречи во Франции". Haqqin.az. 5 April 2016.
- ↑ "ЭФЕНДИ́ЕВ, Ильяс Магомед оглы". Краткая литературная энциклопедия.
- ↑ "MƏMMƏDOV SEYMUR QƏHRƏMAN oğlu". www.zengilan.com.
- General
- Füzuli at GEOnet Names Server
- World Gazetteer: Azerbaijan – World-Gazetteer.com
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