Kalbajar region

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administrative district rayon of Azerbaijan

The Kalbajar region is a mountainous area in the western part of Azerbaijan, known for its strategic location between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh and its role in the long-running territorial conflict there.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Zangilan region	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative district ⓘ rayon of Azerbaijan ⓘ
administrativeCenter	Kalbajar town NERFINISHED ⓘ
borders	Aghdere (Martakert) area NERFINISHED ⓘ Armenia NERFINISHED ⓘ Dashkasan District NERFINISHED ⓘ Goranboy District NERFINISHED ⓘ Lachin District NERFINISHED ⓘ Tartar District NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate	mountain-forest climate ⓘ
country	Azerbaijan ⓘ
economicActivityHistorical	animal husbandry ⓘ beekeeping ⓘ dairy farming ⓘ forestry ⓘ
ethnicGroupsHistorical	Armenians NERFINISHED ⓘ Azerbaijanis NERFINISHED ⓘ Kurds NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNaturalFeature	alpine pastures ⓘ hot springs ⓘ
hasNaturalResource	forests ⓘ mineral water ⓘ
hasRiver	Levk River NERFINISHED ⓘ Tartar River NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTourismPotential	ecotourism ⓘ health tourism based on mineral springs ⓘ mountain tourism ⓘ
involvedInConflict	Nagorno-Karabakh conflict NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	South Caucasus ⓘ western Azerbaijan ⓘ
mountainRange	Lesser Caucasus NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupationContext	First Nagorno-Karabakh War NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupationStartDate	1993 ⓘ
occupiedBy	Armenian forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Kalbajar-Lachin economic region NERFINISHED ⓘ
postWarProcess	demining ⓘ reconstruction ⓘ resettlement planning ⓘ
recaptureContext	2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war ceasefire agreement NERFINISHED ⓘ
recaptureDate	2020 ⓘ
recapturedBy	Azerbaijan NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedAs	part of Azerbaijan by international community ⓘ
strategicImportance	corridor between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh ⓘ
sufferedEvent	destruction of infrastructure ⓘ population displacement ⓘ
terrain	mountainous ⓘ
UNSecurityCouncilResolutionConcerned	UN Security Council Resolution 822 NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Karabakh region (broad sense) → hasPart → Kalbajar region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zangilan region