Martakert

Martakert (Armenie: Մարտակերտ, Roushie: Мартакерт) is a province o the de facto unthirlt Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. Its territory is a de jure pairt o Azerbaijan, dividit atween the Tartar an Kalbajar rayons efter Azerbaijan's abolition o the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast in 1991. The Sarsang reservoir is locatit in this province.

Martakert Մարտակերտ
Province
Caipital	Martakert
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Sergei Ohanyan
Area
• Total	1795 km2 (693 sq mi)
Area rank	Rankit 4t
Population  (2005)
• Total	18,963
• Rank	Rankit 3rd
• Density	11/km2 (27/sq mi)
Website	www.karabakh.net

Cultural steids

The Gandzasar monastery, the Yeghishe Arakyal Monastery an the 17t century Armenie monastery Yerits Mankants are locatit in this province. The airchaeological steid o the toun o Tigranakert is locatit here an aw. Thocht tae hae been foondit in the 2nt-1st century B.C, it haes been unnergoin excavation syne 2005. Some o the waws o the ceety, wi Hellenistic-style touers, as well as Armenian basilica datin tae fift tae seivent centuries hae been uncovered.

See an aw

• Surp Hovhannes Mkrtich