Zangezur

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historical region mountainous region

Zangezur is a mountainous historical region in the South Caucasus, largely corresponding to today’s Syunik Province in southern Armenia and parts of neighboring territories.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Zangezur canonical 4
Meghri 1
Zangezur region 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region ⓘ
mountainous region ⓘ
borderedBy Azerbaijan ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast ⓘ
surface form: Nagorno-Karabakh region

Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic ⓘ
climate continental mountain climate ⓘ
contains Kajaran mining area ⓘ
crossedBy Kura–Aras basin ⓘ
surface form: Aras River basin

Vorotan River basin ⓘ
surface form: Vorotan River
formsCorridorBetween Armenia ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Syunik Province ⓘ
surface form: Syunik-Zangezur region
hasAlternativeTransliteration Zanghezur ⓘ
hasHighestPeak Kaputjugh Mountain ⓘ
hasMountainRange Zangezur Mountains ⓘ
hasNaturalResource copper ⓘ
molybdenum ⓘ
hasStrategicImportanceFor Armenia ⓘ
Azerbaijan ⓘ
historicalInhabitants Armenians ⓘ
Kurds ⓘ
Tatars ⓘ
historicalNameInArmenian Syunik Province ⓘ
surface form: Syunik
isAssociatedWith Zangezur Corridor concept ⓘ
isMentionedIn History of Armenia by Movses Khorenatsi ⓘ
surface form: Armenian medieval chronicles
isSubjectOf territorial disputes ⓘ
largelyCorrespondsTo Syunik Province ⓘ
locatedIn South Caucasus ⓘ
Southern Armenia ⓘ
surface form: southern Armenia
partiallyLocatedIn Azerbaijan ⓘ
partOf Armenia ⓘ
sawConflictDuring Armenian–Azerbaijani War (1918–1920) ⓘ
separates Armenia ⓘ
Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic ⓘ
rest of Azerbaijan ⓘ
terrain rugged mountains ⓘ
vegetation alpine meadows ⓘ
subalpine forests ⓘ
wasContestedBy Azerbaijan Democratic Republic ⓘ
First Republic of Armenia ⓘ
wasIncorporatedInto Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic ⓘ
surface form: Armenian SSR
wasLedBy Garegin Nzhdeh ⓘ
wasPartOf Elisabethpol Governorate ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
Zangezur uezd ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Zangezur uezd → historicalRegion → Zangezur ⓘ
Zangezur Mountains → historicalRegion → Zangezur ⓘ
Zangezur Mountains → nearbyCity → Zangezur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meghri
Karabakh region (broad sense) → borderedBy → Zangezur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zangezur region
Qubadli District → locatedInHistoricalRegion → Zangezur ⓘ
Zangilan District → historicalRegion → Zangezur ⓘ