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Armenia–Azerbaijan Border
The Armenia–Azerbaijan border (; ) is the international border between the Armenia, Republic of Armenia and the Azerbaijan, Republic of Azerbaijan. Estimates of the border's length vary from to . European routes European route E002, E002 and European route E117, E117 cross the border. The ''de jure'' border follows that of the former Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic and the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic and consists of two main segments – that between Armenia and Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Nakhchivan exclave in the west, and the longer section between Armenia and 'mainland' Azerbaijan to the east. Additionally, there are a number of enclaves on either side of the boundary, however these no longer exist except in a ''de jure'' sense. The border between Armenia and Azerbaijan has been closed since 1991. Following Armenia's defeat in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War, a Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis, border crisis began with numerous instances of incu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zangezur Mountains
The Zangezur Mountains (, ) are a mountain range that defines the border between Armenia's southern provinces of Syunik, Vayots Dzor, and Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. The Zangezur region has the second-largest tract of forests in Armenia. Additionally, located in the Zangezur Mountains, the forests cover more than 20% of the territory of Armenian Syunik province and reach an elevation of -. Conservation Part of the Zangezur Mountains in Armenia is included in the Arevik National Park. There are also three Prime Butterfly Areas (PBA) designated and one proposed at the eastern slopes of the Zangezur Mountains. In the Nakhchivan exclave of Azerbaijan, the mountains are included within the Zangezur National Park, located in the north of Ordubad District Ordubad District () is one of the 7 districts of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. The district borders the district of Julfa, as well as the Syunik Province of Armenia, and the East Azerbaijan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aşağı Əskipara
Aşağı Əskipara () is an abandoned village in the Qazakh District of Azerbaijan. The village was controlled by Armenia from the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in the early 1990s until 2024, when Armenia agreed to return the village to Azerbaijan. The neighboring settlement of Voskepar is located in Armenia proper. Another nearby village, Yuxarı Əskipara, is located in what is ''de jure'' an Azerbaijani exclave within Armenia, but is still controlled by Armenia. History In the morning of 19 August 1990, Armenian militants reportedly attacked a bus near the village, resulting in the death of one policeman and the injury of two civilians. The Armenians reportedly shelled the village with artillery later in the day. According to the Azerbaijani defense ministry, an Armenian "sabotage group" attacked Azerbaijani positions in the area on 5 June 2012, resulting in the death of four Azerbaijani troops. In March 2024, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan Nikol Vovayi Pashiny ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofulu, Qazax
Sofulu () is an abandoned Azerbaijani village in the Qazakh District of Azerbaijan. It is located within the exclave of Barxudarlı, fully surrounded by the Tavush Province of Armenia. It has been under the control of Armenia since the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. Today, the village is '' de facto'' administered as part of the Tavush Province Tavush (, ) is a administrative divisions of Armenia, province of Armenia located at the northeast of Armenia, bordered by Georgia (country), Georgia from the north and Azerbaijan from the east. Internally, Tavush borders the Gegharkunik Province ... under the same name. References * Populated places in Qazax District {{Qazakh-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barxudarlı
Barkhudarly (; ) is an abandoned Azerbaijani village in the Qazakh District of Azerbaijan, under the '' de facto'' control of Armenia. Sofulu and Barxudarlı, together, form a exclave An enclave is a territory that is entirely surrounded by the territory of only one other state or entity. An enclave can be an independent territory or part of a larger one. Enclaves may also exist within territorial waters. ''Enclave'' is s ... of Azerbaijan surrounded by Armenia's Tavush Province. History Following a four-day siege, the village was captured by the Armenian Armed Forces on 27 April 1992, during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. The exclave has been under the control of Armenia ever since and is administered as part of the surrounding Tavush Province. References * Populated places in Qazax District Enclaves and exclaves {{Qazakh-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yukhari Askipara
Yukhari Askipara is an abandoned village in an exclave of the Qazakh District of Azerbaijan. It is surrounded by Armenia's Tavush Province and has been occupied by Armenia since 1992, when it was captured and destroyed by Armenian troops in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. Armenia agreed to return control over Yukhari Askipara and six other villages to Azerbaijan as part of the ceasefire agreement that ended the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, but this has yet to be done. History According to the 1915 publication of the '' Kavkazskiy kalendar'' (Caucasian calendar), Yukhari Askipara () had a predominantly Tatar (later known as Azerbaijani) population of 278 residents in 1914. Prior to the First Nagorno-Karabakh War (1988–1994), the village was home to 500 Azerbaijani residents from 100 families. It was captured and destroyed by Armenian soldiers in 1992, and its population was expelled to other parts of Azerbaijan's Qazakh District. The village has since been administered as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artsvashen
Artsvashen () or Bashkend (; ) is a ''de jure'' Armenian village in the Chambarak Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. It is a exclave of Armenia, and is surrounded by the territory of Azerbaijan, which has '' de facto'' occupied it since the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. Etymology The name of Artsvashen is of Armenian origin and translates to ''eagle village'' from (). The village was previously named ''Bashgyugh'', ''Bashkend'', and ''Hin Bashkend''. On 25 January 1978, the village was officially renamed Artsvashen by the Soviet Armenian authorities. History The Armenians of Artsvashen trace their roots to the Jraberd district of the historic province of Artsakh. They left Artsakh in the 18th century to Choratan in Shamshadin. Later, they moved to the historic Armenian village of ''Parakert (Paragyugh)'' where they founded the present village of Artsvashen sometime between 1845 and 1859 as ''Bashkend''. However, an earlier Armenian presence in the are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Böyük Alagöl
Boyuk Alagol () is a lake in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan. It is located on the Karabakh volcanic plateau. Its area is and the volume of water reaches . The Boyuk Alagol is located at an altitude of 2729 meters above sea level. The surface of the lake is covered with ice up to one meter thick from early November to late April. The water temperature is 14–15 degrees from June to August. The lake was occupied by Armenian forces following the First Nagorno-Karabakh war and was administrated as part of the Shahumyan Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh Artsakh ( ), officially the Republic of Artsakh or the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh ( ), was a breakaway state in the South Caucasus whose territory was internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan. Between 1991 and 2023, Artsakh cont .... The Kalbajar District, along with the lake, were returned to Azerbaijan on 25 November 2020 per the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement. Gallery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Sevan
Lake Sevan () is the largest body of water in both Armenia and the Caucasus region. It is one of the largest freshwater Alpine lake, high-altitude (alpine) lakes in Eurasia. The lake is situated in Gegharkunik Province, at an altitude of above sea level. The total surface area of its basin is about , which makes up of Armenia's territory. The lake itself is , and the volume is . It is fed by 28 rivers and streams. Only 10% of the incoming water is drained by the Hrazdan River, while the remaining 90% evaporates. Sevan has significant economic, cultural, and recreational value. Its sole major island (now a peninsula) is home to a Sevanavank, medieval monastery. The lake provides some 90% of the fish and 80% of the crayfish catch of Armenia. Sevan was heavily exploited for irrigation of the Ararat plain and hydroelectric power generation during the Soviet period. Consequently, its water level decreased by around and its volume reduced by more than 40%. Later, two Water tunne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a country in the Caucasus region on the coast of the Black Sea. It is located at the intersection of Eastern Europe and West Asia, and is today generally regarded as part of Europe. It is bordered to the north and northeast by Russia, to the south by Turkey and Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. Georgia covers an area of . It has a Demographics of Georgia (country), population of 3.7 million, of which over a third live in the capital and List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city, Tbilisi. Ethnic Georgians, who are native to the region, constitute a majority of the country's population and are its titular nation. Georgia has been inhabited since prehistory, hosting the world's earliest known sites of winemaking, gold mining, and textiles. The Classical antiquity, classical era saw the emergence of several kingdoms, such as Colchis and Kingdom of Iberia, Iberia, that formed the nucleus of the modern Georgian state. In the early fourth centu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Map (pre-2020)
Nagorno-Karabakh (, ; ) is a region in Azerbaijan, covering the southeastern stretch of the Lesser Caucasus mountain range. Part of the greater region of Karabakh, it spans the area between Lower Karabakh and Syunik Province, Syunik. Its terrain mostly consists of mountains and forestland. Most of Nagorno-Karabakh was governed by Armenian people, ethnic Armenians under the breakaway Republic of Artsakh — also known as the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) — from the end of the first Nagorno-Karabakh War between Armenia and Azerbaijan in 1994 to the announcement of the dissolution of the republic in September 2023. Representatives from the two sides held numerous inconclusive peace talks mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group regarding the region's disputed status, with its majority-Armenian population over time variously advocating either for Artsakh's independence from both states or for its integration into Armenia. The region is usually equated with the administrative borders ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ararat Province
Ararat (, ) is a administrative divisions of Armenia, province (''marz (territorial entity), marz'') of Armenia. Its capital and largest city is the town of Artashat, Armenia, Artashat. The province is named after the biblical Mount Ararat. It is bordered by Turkey from the west and Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic from the south. It surrounds the Karki (Azerbaijan), Karki exclave of Nakhichevan which has been controlled by Armenia since its capture in May 1992 during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. Domestically, Ararat is bordered by Armavir Province from the northwest, Kotayk Province from the north, Gegharkunik Province from the east, Vayots Dzor Province from the southeast and the city of Yerevan from the north. Two former capitals of Armenia are located in the modern-day Ararat Province, Artaxata and Dvin (ancient city), Dvin. It is also home to the Khor Virap monastery, significant as the place of Gregory the Illuminator's 13-year imprisonment and the closest poi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
