List of cities and towns in Nagorno-Karabakh

This is a list of cities and towns in the de facto independent state of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic ordered by population.

In Nagorno-Karabakh, a city/town (Armenian: քաղաք k'aghak' ) is not defined by the size of its population. The municipalities in Nagorno-Karabakh Republic are divided into 2 categories: urban communities and rural communities. Currently, there are 10 towns (urban) and 322 villages (rural) in the NKR.^[1]

List

Rank	City/town	In Armenian	Province	Population (2005 census)[2]	Coat of arms	Image
1	Stepanakert	Ստեփանակերտ	N/A	49,986
2	Martuni	Մարտունի	Martuni	4,878
3	Martakert	Մարտակերտ	Martakert	4,262
4	Shushi	Շուշի	Shushi	3,191
5	Hadrut	Հադրութ	Hadrut	2,770
6	Berdzor	Բերձոր	Kashatagh	2,247
7	Askeran	Ասկերան	Askeran	1,967
8	Vorotan	Որոտան	Kashatagh	500[3]
9	Karvachar	Քարվաճառ	Shahumyan^1	491
10	Kovsakan	Կովսական	Kashatagh	376
11	Mijnavan	Միջնավան	Kashatagh	344

¹ Claimed by the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic but partly under Azerbaijani control.

References

1. Administrative Territorial System of the Nagorno Karabagh Republic
2. 2005 NKR official census
3. NKR 2014 estimates