Khojavend District

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Khojavend District is an administrative region of Azerbaijan located in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh area, known for its strategic significance and involvement in the Armenian–Azerbaijani conflict.

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Khojavend region 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf district of Azerbaijan
administrativeCenter Khojavend NERFINISHED
belongsTo Azerbaijan administrative territorial units system
borderedBy Askeran District NERFINISHED
Fuzuli District NERFINISHED
Hadrut District NERFINISHED
Jabrayil District NERFINISHED
Martuni Province NERFINISHED
Shusha District NERFINISHED
capital Khojavend NERFINISHED
conflict Armenian–Azerbaijani conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh NERFINISHED
country Azerbaijan
disputedBy Armenia NERFINISHED
self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh NERFINISHED
establishedIn 1991
ethnicCompositionHistory ethnic Armenian population
ethnic Azerbaijani population
formerName partly overlapping with former Hadrut District of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast
geopoliticalStatus disputed territory within internationally recognized borders of Azerbaijan
governingBody Khojavend District Executive Authority NERFINISHED
hasConflictHistory Nagorno-Karabakh conflict NERFINISHED
Second Nagorno-Karabakh War NERFINISHED
hasDemographicTrend population displacement due to conflict
hasMajorEvent ceasefire-related territorial changes in 2020
military operations during 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war
hasOfficialLanguage Azerbaijani
hasOfficialWebsite Khojavend District Executive Authority official site (Azerbaijani-language)
hasSettlementType rural settlements
small towns
hasTypeOfControlHistory de facto control by Armenian forces (historical)
restored control by Azerbaijan in 2020 (largely)
internationallyRecognizedAsPartOf Azerbaijan NERFINISHED
legalStatus administrative district under Azerbaijani law
locatedIn Caucasus Mountains region NERFINISHED
Nagorno-Karabakh region NERFINISHED
South Caucasus
locatedOn Karabakh plateau NERFINISHED
partOf Republic of Azerbaijan NERFINISHED
administrative divisions of Azerbaijan
region Karabakh Economic Region NERFINISHED
securityContext heavily militarized area during periods of conflict
strategicImportance control of transport routes in Nagorno-Karabakh
military significance in Armenian–Azerbaijani conflict
subdivisionType district
timezone AZT NERFINISHED
usedToContain Hadrut town NERFINISHED
utcOffset +4

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Qubadli District border Khojavend District
Karabakh region (broad sense) hasPart Khojavend District
this entity surface form: Khojavend region
Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast successor Khojavend District