Kashatagh Province

Kashatagh Province (Armenian: Քաշաթաղի շրջան Kashat'aghi shrjan) was a province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh, de jure part of the Republic of Azerbaijan.[1] It was the largest province by area (3,376.60 km2). The population as of 2013 was 9,656. Its capital was Lachin (Berdzor).

Kashatagh

Քաշաթաղ
Province
CapitalLachin (Berdzor)
Government
 • GovernorStepan Sargsyan
Area
 • Total3,377 km2 (1,304 sq mi)
Area rankRanked 1st
Population
 (2013)[1]
 • Total9,656
 • RankRanked 6th
 • Density2.9/km2 (7.4/sq mi)
Websiteofficial website
Map of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic with Kashatagh Region marked as 7. The other numbered provinces are: 1. Shahumyan; 2. Mardakert; 3. Askeran; 4. Martuni; 5. Hadrut; 6. Susha.
Stepankert not shown.

Territorial entities

Kashatagh Region has 54 communities of which 3 are considered urban and 51 are rural.

Geography

Kashtagh bordered Shahumyan Region in the north, Martakert Region in the north-east, Askeran Region, Shushi Region and Hadrut Region in the east. Iran in the south and Armenia to the west.

History
Main article: History of Nagorno-Karabakh

The territory of the Kashatagh Province was part of the Syunik Province of the Kingdom of Armenia. It was one of the many Caucasian areas administrated by a local melikdom known as the Melikdom of Kashatagh under the Persian Empire (Safavid, Afsharid, Zand and Qajar Iran).[2] It was later included in the Nakhichevan Khanate.[3] The territory remained predominantly Armenian up until the Russian-Persian wars and the South Caucasus invasion of the Ottoman army in the 18th century. Russian forces invaded the Caspian provinces of Persia, and in 1723 while simultaneously fighting the Afghans in the east and Turks in the west, Persia was forced to cede the Caspian provinces to the Russian empire.

Kovsakan is the second largest city in Kashatagh Province after the city of Berdzor.[4] Mher Arakelyan from the ARF Dashnaktsutyun, Razmik Mirzoyan, non-partisan, and Hrach Manucharyan were competing in the mayoral election held in June 2008.[5]

From 1 December 2020, most of the Kashatagh Province was taken over by Azerbaijan, with the exception of the Lachin corridor containing the localities of Lachin/Berdzor, Sus and Zabux/Aghavno, which are controlled by the Russian peacekeepers.

Demographics

The Kashatagh Province had the highest birth rate in the entire Caucasus region. The birth rate was measured at 29.3 per 1,000 in 2010. On the other hand, the Russian republic of Chechnya, which had a birth rate of 28.9 per 1,000 in 2011 could manage only the second spot.[6]

  • Birth Rate: 29.3 per 1,000
  • Death Rate: 3.4 per 1,000
  • Natural Growth: 2.60% per year

Resettlement of Syrian refugees

By June 2015, an estimated 17,000 of Syria's once 80,000-strong Armenian population had fled the civil war and sought refuge in Armenia.[7] David Babayan, spokesperson of the Karabakh Armenian leader Bako Sahakyan, confirmed that some of those refugees had been resettled in Nagorno-Karabakh.[8] In December 2014, Armenian media cited local municipal authorities in stating that "dozens of Syrian Armenian families" had been resettled in Nagorno-Karabakh's Kashatagh Province, specifically the city of Lachin and the village of Xanlıq (called Ishkhanadzor by Armenians). 38 families, some 200 Syrian-Armenian refugees have resettled in the area.[9]


See also

For the districts of the Republic of Azerbaijan that over lap with the province, see: Zangilan District, Qubadli District, and Lachin District.

References
  1. 2005 NKR Census Archived 2009-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Hewsen, Robert H. (2001). Armenia: A Historical Atlas. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. 163. ISBN 0-226-33228-4.
  3. Hewsen, Robert H. (2001). Armenia: A Historical Atlas. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. 163. ISBN 0-226-33228-4.
  4. "Kashatagh: Retaking and rebuilding a "third" Armenia in old Lachin". www.armeniandiaspora.com.
  5. "Karabakh News". Archived from the original on 2007-08-26. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
  6. http://www.stat-nkr.am/files/yearbooks/2004_2010/5_bnakchut.pdf
  7. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
  8. Nana Martirosyan. Давид Бабаян: Армения и Арцах приняли сирийских беженцев, исходя из гуманитарных принципов. ArmInfo. 3 June 2015.
  9. ПОСЕЛИВШИЕСЯ В АРЦАХЕ СИРИЙСКИЕ АРМЯНЕ ГОВОРЯТ О СВОИХ ЧАЯНИЯХ. NKR News. 26 December 2014.

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