Mardakert District (NKAO)

Coordinates: 40°12′55″N 46°48′46″E / 40.21528°N 46.81278°E / 40.21528; 46.81278
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Mardakert District
District
Map of Mardakert within NKAO
Map of Mardakert within NKAO
Autonomous regionAzerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast
Country Azerbaijan SSR
Established8 August 1930
Abolished13 October 1992
CapitalMardakert
Population
 (1979)
 • Total44,586

Mardakert District (Russian: Мардакертский район, Azerbaijani: Mardakert rayonu, Мардакерт рајону; Armenian: Մարդակերտի շրջան) was an administrative unit within the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO) of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic.[1]

History

The district was formed on 8 August 1930, as the Jrabert district. It was renamed to Mardakert district on 17 September 1939.[2]

The administrative centre of the district was

Leninavan (since 1966).[2]
The district was the largest one in NKAO in terms of area and population.

The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast was

Ağdam District.[4]

Following the

Talish and Madagiz (later renamed to Sugovushan).[5]

Demographics

Year Population Ethnic groups Source
1926 31,768 92.2% Armenians, 6.0% Azerbaijanis, 1.4% Russians
Soviet Census[6]
1939 40,812 89.3% Armenians, 6.9% Azerbaijanis, 3.0% Russians Soviet Census[6]
1959 37,734 88.9% Armenians, 9.1% Azerbaijanis, 1.6% Russians
Soviet Census[6]
1970 44,004 86.9% Armenians, 11.7% Azerbaijanis, 0.8% Russians
Soviet Census[6]
1979 44,586 83.1% Armenians, 15.8% Azerbaijanis, 0.8% Russians
Soviet Census[6]

References

  1. ^ "Нагорно-Карабахская автономная область" [Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast]. Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian). 1967.
  2. ^ a b Мельников С. А., Ибрагимов Ч. Г (1979). Азербайджанская ССР. Административно-территориальное деление на 1 января 1977 года. Baku: Азернешр. pp. 7–11.
  3. ^ "Azərbaycan Respublikasının Dağlıq Qarabağ Muxtar Vilayətini ləğv etmək haqqında AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASININ QANUNU" [Law of Azerbaijan Republic on Abolishment of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of Azerbaijan Republic]. Archived from the original on 2012-04-24. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
  4. ^ "Azərbaycan Respublikasının inzibati ərazi bölgüsündə qismən dəyişiklik edilməsi haqqında" (in Azerbaijani). 13 October 1992. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  5. TASS
    . Retrieved 2020-10-22.
  6. ^ a b c d e "НАСЕЛЕНИЕ НАГОРНОГО КАРАБАХА". ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru (in Russian). Etno Kavkaz.

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