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Kalbajar

Kalbajar ( ; ) is a city and the capital of the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan. Located in the Tartar Valley, it is away from the country's capital city Baku.

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Place details

Locality: Kəlbəcər
Region: Kalbajar
Country: Azərbaycan
Population: 8,400
Timezone: Asia/Baku

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Kalbajar
Settlement.image_skyline: Kalbajar city collage.jpg
Settlement.image_size: 300px
Settlement.image_caption: From top left:
Settlement.pushpin_map: Azerbaijan#East Zangezur
Settlement.pushpin_label: Kalbajar
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 300
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: District
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Kalbajar
Settlement.population_as_of: 2015
Settlement.population_total: 600
Settlement.timezone

Wikidata facts

Instance of: city
Official name: Kəlbəcər
Country: Azerbaijan
Located in: Kalbajar District
Official language: Azerbaijani
Population: +450
Elevation: +1584
Time zone: UTC+04:00
Body of water: Tartar
Capital of: Kalbajar District
Image: The city of Kalbajar, August 2025.jpg

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Contents

Etymology
History
Early history
Red Kurdistan
Battle of Kalbajar
Armenian occupation
Return to Azerbaijani control
Historical heritage sites
Demographics
Transportation
Gallery
References
External links

Kalbajar ( ; ) is a city and the capital of the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan. Located in the Tartar Valley, it is away from the country's capital city Baku.

Before the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the city had a population of 7,246 people. It was captured by Armenia on 2 April 1993, after which its Azerbaijani population was expelled and replaced with Armenians. As part of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement, which ended the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, it was returned to Azerbaijan on 25 November of that year.