Lachin
Lachin (Azerbaijani: Laçın, Armenie: Բերդձոր Berddzor, Kurdish: Laçîn; an aw Abdallyar, Datschin) is a toun in Azerbaijan an the regional centre o the Lachin Rayon. Syne 1992 the aurie haes been unner the control o the de facto unthirld unrecognizit Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, which haes renamit the toun Berdzor.[1] The toun an its surroondin region serve as the strategic Lachin corridor connectin the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic wi Armenie. Wi aboot 1,700 indwallers in 2009 (doun frae 2,300 in 2005),[2] population nummers are still declinin despite a proactive dounset policy bi the authorities.
Laçın | |
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  Laçın | |
| Coordinates: 39°38′27″N 46°32′49″E / 39.64083°N 46.54694°E | |
| Kintra |  Azerbaijan (de jure) Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (de facto) |
| Rayon | Lachin |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 2,300 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+5 (AZT) |
Notes
eedit- ↑ Holding, Nicholas (2006). Armenia with Nagorno Karabagh, 2nd: The Bradt Travel Guide. Guilford, Connecticut: Globe Pequot Press, p. 208. ISBN 1-84162-163-3.
- ↑ census.stat-nkr.am/nkr Archived 2011-03-02 at the Wayback Machine Official census in 2005, page 15