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 (2015) | |
| • Total | 4,100 [1] |
| Time zone | UTC (UTC+4) |
Hadrut (Armenian: Հադրութ Azerbaijani: Hadrut) is de facto the administrative center of Hadrut Province, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and de jure a town in the Khojavend Rayon of Azerbaijan. The town has been de facto part of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic since the end of the 1991-94 Nagorno-Karabakh War. According to NKR statistics, the town has a population of 4,100 as of 2015.[2]
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 Autonomous Oblast on 26 November 1991.[3]
During the Nagorno-Karabakh War, the town was occupied by the Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army on 2 October 1992.
Twin towns - sister cities
References
- ↑ http://stat-nkr.am/files/publications/2015/LXH_tverov_2015.pdf
- ↑ http://stat-nkr.am/files/publications/2015/LXH_tverov_2015.pdf
- ↑ 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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