İstisu, Kalbajar

İstisu (Istisu, literally "warm water" in Azerbaijani) is a village in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan.

Istisu
Hot spring in the village
Istisu
Coordinates: 39°56′53″N 45°57′42″E
Country Azerbaijan
DistrictKalbajar
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+4 (AZT)

Situated in a river valley, Istisu has historically been a resort town, and during the Soviet period, it attracted people from all over the USSR to be treated at the mineral-springs baths located in the area.[1]

History

The village was located in the Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, coming under the control of ethnic Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in the early 1990s.

The village subsequently became part of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh as part of its Shahumyan Province, referred to as Jermajur (Armenian: Ջերմաջուր). In 2018 it was reported that work has begun on a privately funded factory to produce mineral water.[1]

It was returned to Azerbaijan on 25 November 2020 as part of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement.

References
  1. Kucera, Joshua (August 5, 2018). "For Armenians, they're not occupied territories – they're the homeland". eurasianet.org.
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