Kalbajar

Also known as Kəlbəcər, Kelbajar

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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Kəlbəcər is a city in Azerbaijan that serves as the capital of Kalbajar District. The official language of the municipality is Azerbaijani. It is situated at an elevation of 1,584 meters above sea level and is located next to the body of water known as Tartar. The city operates within the UTC+04:00 time zone.

The population of Kəlbəcər is recorded as 7,246. Its license plate code is 32. The city is located in the administrative territorial entity of Kalbajar District.

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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: AZT
Settlement.utc_offset: +4
Settlement.elevation_m: 1584

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Encyclopedic overview

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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
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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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kalbajar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.