Lachin (rayon)
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| Population (before 1989, estimate): | 67,000 |
| Population (2002, estimate)[1]: | 15,000 |
| Area (sq. km.): | 1,840 |
| Zip Code: | AZ4100 |
Lachin (Azerbaijani: Laçın) is a rayon of Azerbaijan. Since the Nagorno-Karabakh War, the area has been under the control of Armenia who refer to it as Berdzor. Lachin once had a notable Muslim Kurdish population, but presently the region is populated only by a dwindling number of Armenians, most of whom were resettled here after the Nagorno-Karabakh war[2]. It is the main land link between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.
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| Districts |
Absheron · Agdam · Agdash · Agjabadi · Agstafa · Agsu · Astara · Babek · Balakan · Barda · Beylagan · Bilasuvar · Dashkasan · Davachi · Fizuli · Gadabay · Goranboy · Goychay · Hajigabul · Imishli · Ismailli · Jabrayil · Jalilabad · Julfa · Kalbajar · Kangarli · Khachmaz · Khanlar · Khizi · Khojali · Khojavend · Kurdamir · Lachin · Lankaran · Lerik · Masally · Neftchala · Oguz · Ordubad · Qabala · Qakh · Qazakh · Qobustan · Quba · Qubadli · Qusar · Saatly · Sabirabad · Sadarak · Salyan · Samukh · Shahbuz · Shaki · Shamakhi · Shamkir · Sharur · Shusha · Siazan · Tartar · Tovuz · Ujar · Yardymli · Yevlakh · Zangilan · Zaqatala · Zardab |
| Cities |
Ali Bayramli · Baku · Ganja · Khankendi · Lankaran · Mingachevir · Naftalan · Nakhchivan City · Shaki · Sumqayit · Shusha · Yevlakh |
| Names in italics indicate parts of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic | |
