Şuşa

Also known as Panahabad

città azera

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Shusha, officially known as Şuşa, is a city in Azerbaijan. It was established in 1752 and has served as the capital of the Karabakh Khanate, Shusha Uezd, and Shusha District. The city is located in the Shusha District and has at various times been part of the Russian Empire, the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, and Azerbaijan. Its official language is Azerbaijani.

The city covers an area of 5.5 square kilometers and sits at an elevation of 1,420 meters above sea level. It operates in the UTC+04:00 time zone. Population figures vary by source, with estimates ranging from 18,662 to 26,806 residents. Shusha is described in several encyclopedic sources, including the Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.

Synthesized by Vinony from 52 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Meteo, Openweathermap, OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Vinony graph, Geo. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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Place details

Locality: Şuşa
Region: Shusha
Country: Azərbaycan
Population: 18,662
Timezone: Asia/Baku

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Air quality

72US AQIModerate

PM2.5: 20.5 µg/m³
PM10: 42.7 µg/m³

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Shusha / Shushi
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_skyline: ShushaCollection2021.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Landmarks of Shusha, from top left:Ghazanchetsots Cathedral • Yukhari Govhar Agha MosqueShusha fortress • Shusha mountainsHouse of Mehmandarovs • City centerShusha skyline • House of Khurshidbanu Natavan
Settlement.pushpin_map: Azerbaijan#Karabakh
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Karabakh
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Shusha
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.leader_title1: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name1: Bayram Safarov
Settlement.leader_title2: Special representative
Settlement.leader_name2: Aydin Karimov
Settlement.area_total_km2: 5.5
Settlement.elevation_max_m: 1,800
Settlement.elevation_min_m: 1,400

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: city
Official name: Şuşa
Country: Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
Located in: Shusha District
Official language: Azerbaijani
Population: 15039
Area: 5.5
Elevation: 1420
Time zone: UTC+04:00
Capital of: Shusha District
Official website: www.shusha-ih.gov.az
Image: Shusha general view.jpg
Licence plate code: 58

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Commons category: Shusha
topic's main category: Category:Shusha
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Shusha
category for people born here: Category:Births in Şuşa
category of associated people: Category:People from Shusha
inception: 1752-00-00
native label: Şuşa
Commons gallery: Şuşa
member of: League of Historical Cities
P12749: Givors
P8168: shounen-ai

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Travel guide

Understand

Shusha was originally an Azeri-majority city, although it grew to have a significant Armenian majority until the 1920 Shusha massacre occurred—a targeted pogrom carried out by Azerbaijani forces that resulted in the deaths of up to 20,000 Armenian civilians. In the 1990s the Azeri population was expelled following the First Nagorno-Karabakh war. After the war, the city was under the ethnic Armenian Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and was partly rehabilitated. Following the city's recapture by Azerbaijan during the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War in 2020, large scale reconstruction work is ongoing to revive the city as the capital of Azerbaijani art, poetry, and music, although reports have stated that Armenian heritage sites (such as Saint John Baptist Church) have been purposely destroyed.

Get in

As of 2021, it is no longer possible to reach Shusha from Armenia or Stepanakert.

As of Aug 2022, visits from the rest of Azerbaijan are reportedly possible only as part of a group with a permit.

Get around

It is easy enough to walk around Shushi. The streets of the lower part of the town are not yet paved. Therefore, expect a lot of mud if it is wet.

Taxis are usually available in the area near and east of Ghazanchetsots Cathedral.

See

150px|thumbnail|Govhar Agha Mosque

thumbnail|Qarqar Canyon under Shusha

Eat

thumb|upright=.8|Azerbaijani poetess Khurshidbanu Natavan

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Article · Italiano

Şuşa (in armeno: Շուշի?, traslitterato: Šowši) è una città dell'Azerbaigian, capoluogo dell'omonimo distretto, ma rivendicata (e controllata dal 1992 al 2020) dalla repubblica dell'Artsakh, all'interno della quale è capoluogo della regione di Šowši. L'Azerbaigian è tornato a controllarla dopo la battaglia di Şuşa nel 2020. La sua attuale popolazione è di oltre quattromila abitanti a fronte dei quindicimila (in prevalenza azeri) che vi risiedevano prima dello scoppio della guerra del Nagorno Karabakh. Sorge in cima ad una montagna ad un'altitudine compresa tra i 1 400 ed i 1 800 metri. Gravemente distrutta dagli eventi bellici, la città da alcuni anni ha intrapreso la strada di una lenta ricostruzione cercando di sviluppare la risorsa turistica; sono nati diversi hotel e imprese del settore. La ricostruzione è partita anche dalla cattedrale di Ġazančec'oc' che si staglia sulla sommità, bianca, imponente e solitaria. La vocazione religiosa di Şuşa è testimoniata anche da altre chiese e da due moschee sopravvissute alla guerra.

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