Askeran District (NKAO)

Askeran District (Azerbaijani: Əsgəran rayonu; Armenian: Ասկերանի շրջան, romanized: Askerani shrjan) was an administrative unit within the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO) of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic.

Askeran District
District
Map of Askeran within the NKAO
Autonomous region Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast
Country Azerbaijan SSR
Abolished13 October 1992
CapitalAskeran
Population
 (1979)[1]
 • Total20,094

History

The capital of the district was the town of Askeran. Until 1978 the district was called the Stepanakert District and its capital was Stepanakert.[2][3]

The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast was abolished on 26 November 1991.[4] The district was renamed Khojaly District.

Following the First Nagorno-Karabakh war, all of the district came under the control of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh and was incorporated into its Askeran Province. However, following the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, Azerbaijan recaptured parts of the district.

Demographics
Year Population Ethnic groups Source
1926 26,788 99.7% Armenians, 0.1% Azerbaijanis, 0.1% Russians Soviet Census[1]
1939 29,321 91.7% Armenians, 6.9% Azerbaijanis, 1.0% Russians Soviet Census[1]
1959 20,694 85.5% Armenians, 13.9% Azerbaijanis, 0.4% Russians Soviet Census[1]
1970 19,570 79.9% Armenians, 19.3% Azerbaijanis, 0.1% Russians Soviet Census[1]
1979 20,094 73.5% Armenians, 26.0% Azerbaijanis, 0.2% Russians Soviet Census[1]

References
  1. "НАСЕЛЕНИЕ НАГОРНОГО КАРАБАХА". ЭТНО-КАВКАЗ.
  2. Управление делами Президента Азербайджанской Республики. Административно-территориальное деление.
  3. Нагорно-Карабахская автономная область, Great Soviet Encyclopedia
  4. "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.
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