Martuni District (NKAO)

Martuni District
District
Map of Martuni within NKAO
Autonomous region	Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast
Country	Azerbaijan SSR
Abolished	13 October 1992
Capital	Martuni
Population  (1979)
• Total	27,742

Martuni District (Azerbaijani: Martuni rayonu, Мартуни рајону; Armenian: Մարտունու շրջան) was an administrative unit within the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO) of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic.[1]

History

The administrative centre of the district was the town of Martuni.

The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast was abolished on 26 November 1991.[2] On 13 October 1992, the Martuni district was merged with the Hadrut district to form the Khojavend District.[3]

Following the First Nagorno-Karabakh war, most of the former district came under the control of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh and was incorporated into its Martuni Province, while Azerbaijan retained control of a small eastern part of the district. During the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, Azerbaijan recaptured the southern part of the former district.

Demographics

Year	Population	Ethnic groups	Source
1939	32,298	93.6% Armenians, 4.6% Azerbaijanis, 1.4% Russians	Soviet Census[4]
1959	24,841	87.3% Armenians, 11.9% Azerbaijanis, 0.5% Russians	Soviet Census[4]
1970	26,178	85.5% Armenians, 14.0% Azerbaijanis, 0.2% Russians	Soviet Census[4]
1979	27,742	79.3% Armenians, 19.8% Azerbaijanis, 0.6% Russians	Soviet Census[4]

References

1. "Нагорно-Карабахская автономная область" [Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast]. Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian). 1967.
2. "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.
3. "Azərbaycan Respublikasının inzibati ərazi bölgüsündə qismən dəyişiklik edilməsi haqqında" (in Azerbaijani). 13 October 1992. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
4. "НАСЕЛЕНИЕ НАГОРНОГО КАРАБАХА". ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru (in Russian). Etno Kavkaz.

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