Martuni District (Azerbaijani: Martuni rayonu, Мартуни рајону; Armenian: Մարտունու շրջան) was an administrative unit within the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO) of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic.[1]
Martuni District | |
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District | |
 Map of Martuni within NKAO | |
| Autonomous region |  Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast |
| Country | Azerbaijan SSR |
| Abolished | 13 October 1992 |
| Capital | Martuni |
| Population (1979) | |
• Total | 27,742 |
History
editThe administrative centre of the district was the town of Martuni.
The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast was abolished on 26 November 1991.[2] On 13 October 1992, the Martuni district was merged with the Hadrut district to form the Khojavend District.[3]
Following the First Nagorno-Karabakh war, most of the former district came under the control of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh and was incorporated into its Martuni Province, while Azerbaijan retained control of a small eastern part of the district. During the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, Azerbaijan recaptured the southern part of the former district.
Demographics
edit| Year | Population | Ethnic groups | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | 32,298 | 93.6% Armenians, 4.6% Azerbaijanis, 1.4% Russians | Soviet Census[4] |
| 1959 | 24,841 | 87.3% Armenians, 11.9% Azerbaijanis, 0.5% Russians | Soviet Census[4] |
| 1970 | 26,178 | 85.5% Armenians, 14.0% Azerbaijanis, 0.2% Russians | Soviet Census[4] |
| 1979 | 27,742 | 79.3% Armenians, 19.8% Azerbaijanis, 0.6% Russians | Soviet Census[4] |
References
edit- ^ "Нагорно-Карабахская автономная область" [Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast]. Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian). 1967.
- ^ "Azərbaycan Respublikasının Dağlıq Qarabağ Muxtar Vilayətini ləğv etmək haqqında AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASININ QANUNU" [Law of Azerbaijan Republic on Abolishment of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of Azerbaijan Republic]. Archived from the original on 2012-04-24. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
- ^ "Azərbaycan Respublikasının inzibati ərazi bölgüsündə qismən dəyişiklik edilməsi haqqında" (in Azerbaijani). 13 October 1992. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ a b c d "НАСЕЛЕНИЕ НАГОРНОГО КАРАБАХА". ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru (in Russian). Etno Kavkaz.