Karabakh region (broad sense)

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geographical region historical region

The Karabakh region (in the broad historical sense) is a mountainous and culturally diverse area in the South Caucasus, encompassing territories that have been contested between Armenia and Azerbaijan and shaped by centuries of shifting imperial and national borders.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Karabakh	15
Karabakh economic region	2
Karabakh region (broad sense) canonical	1
Karabakh region of Azerbaijan SSR	1

Statements (85)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical region ⓘ historical region ⓘ
borderedBy	Aras River ⓘ surface form: Aras River valley Kura River lowlands ⓘ Lesser Caucasus ⓘ surface form: Lesser Caucasus Mountains Syunik Province ⓘ surface form: Syunik region Zangezur ⓘ surface form: Zangezur region
capitalCityHistoricallyAssociated	Shusha uezd ⓘ surface form: Shusha
climate	continental ⓘ mountain climate ⓘ
conflict	2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war ⓘ 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh ⓘ Nagorno-Karabakh conflict ⓘ surface form: First Nagorno-Karabakh War Nagorno-Karabakh conflict ⓘ
country	Armenia ⓘ Azerbaijan ⓘ
culturalSignificance	center of Armenian cultural heritage ⓘ center of Azerbaijani cultural heritage ⓘ
disputedBy	Armenia ⓘ Azerbaijan ⓘ
economyHistorically	pastoralism ⓘ silk production ⓘ viticulture ⓘ
etymology	from Turkic and Persian elements meaning "black garden" ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast ⓘ surface form: Gharabagh Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast ⓘ surface form: Karabagh
hasPart	Aghdam region ⓘ Fuzuli region ⓘ Jabrayil ⓘ surface form: Jabrayil region Kalbajar region ⓘ Karabakh Plateau ⓘ Khojaly District ⓘ surface form: Khojaly region Khojavend District ⓘ surface form: Khojavend region Lachin region ⓘ Southeastern Azerbaijan ⓘ surface form: Lowland Karabakh Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast ⓘ surface form: Nagorno-Karabakh Qubadli District ⓘ surface form: Qubadli region Shusha uezd ⓘ surface form: Shusha region Stepanakert ⓘ surface form: Stepanakert (Khankendi) area Tartar region ⓘ Kalbajar region ⓘ surface form: Zangilan region
historicalAffiliation	Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic ⓘ First Republic of Armenia (claims and conflicts) ⓘ Karabakh Khanate ⓘ Persia ⓘ surface form: Persian Empire Qajar Iran ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ Safavid Empire ⓘ Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic ⓘ
historicallyInhabitedBy	Armenians ⓘ Azerbaijanis ⓘ Kurds ⓘ Lezgins ⓘ Tats ⓘ
knownFor	ethnic diversity ⓘ linguistic diversity ⓘ religious diversity ⓘ
language	Armenian language ⓘ surface form: Armenian Azerbaijani language ⓘ surface form: Azerbaijani Russian ⓘ
locatedIn	South Caucasus ⓘ South Caucasus ⓘ surface form: Transcaucasia
majorCity	Aghdam region ⓘ surface form: Aghdam Fuzuli ⓘ Khankendi ⓘ Shusha uezd ⓘ surface form: Shusha Stepanakert ⓘ
notableFor	caravan routes ⓘ medieval monasteries ⓘ mosques ⓘ
partOf	Caucasus ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ Shia Islam ⓘ Sunni Islam ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of passes in Lesser Caucasus ⓘ link between Armenian and Azerbaijani populated areas ⓘ
terrain	foothills ⓘ mountainous ⓘ plains ⓘ
timePeriod	Soviet period ⓘ early modern period ⓘ imperial Russian period ⓘ medieval era ⓘ post-Soviet period ⓘ