Stepanakert
City in Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Stepanakert (Armenian: Ստեփանակերտ; known as Xankəndi in Azerbaijani, and translated as Khankendi) is the capital city of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, a de facto independent republic. The city has about 40,000 Armenians. The entire Azerbaijani population left the city during the Nagorno-Karabakh War. It is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan.
Stepanakert Ստեփանակերտ Khankendi (Xankəndi) | |
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City | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Country Unrecognized country |  Azerbaijan (de jure) Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (de facto) |
| Province | Stepanakert (City) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Souren Grigoryan |
| Elevation | 813 m (2,670 ft) |
| Population (2010)[1] | |
| • Total | 53,000 |
| Website | www.stepanakert.am |
Notable individualsEdit
- André - Armenian singer
- Armen Abaghian - academic
- Vladimir Arzumanyan - Armenian singer, winner of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010
- Don Askarian - filmmaker
- Samvel Babayan - general
- Zori Balayan - writer
- Robert Kocharyan - Second President of Armenia
- Fakhraddin Manafov - actor
- Serzh Sargsyan - Third President of Armenia, incumbent
- Nikolay Yenikolopov (Yenikolopyan) - academic
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ Results of 2005 census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh. p. 47.
Other websitesEdit
- Nagorno-Karabakh Nagorno-Karabakh's website
- Karabakh’s Election Conundrum November 2005 article about elections for seats in the Milli Mejlis (Azerbaijani parliament) for Azeri refugees
- Stepanakert Armeniapedia article