Kalbajar/Karvachar Քարվաճառ | |
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Coordinates: 40°06′24″N 46°02′18″E / 40.10667°N 46.03833°ECoordinates: 40°06′24″N 46°02′18″E / 40.10667°N 46.03833°E | |
Kintra | De-facto Nagorno-Karabakh De-jure Azerbaijan |
NKR Province Azerbaijani Rayon | Kalbajar |
Population (2005) | |
• Total | 491 |
Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Kalbajar (Armenie: Քարվաճառ, spelt as Karvachar, Azerbaijani: Kəlbəcər, spelt as Kelbajar, Kälbäjär, Kelbadzhar, Kelbadshar, Kelbadjar, an Kelbadžar an aw) is the admeenistrative centre o Kalbajar Rayon o Azerbaijan. The ceety alang wi the associatit rayon is unner the control o the unrecognizit Nagorno-Karabakh Republic efter it wis captured bi Armenie forces durin the Battle o Kalbajar, near the end o the Nagorno-Karabakh War.[1]
Armenie an Karabakh forces conquered Kalbajar the Nagorno-Karabakh War, due tae its strategic location atween the umwhile Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast an Armenie.[2] Human Rights Watch fyndins concludit that durin the Kelbajar affensive Armenie forces "committit several violations o the rules o war, includin forcit displacement o the civilian population, indiscriminate fire, an the takkin o hostages."[3] This captur wis condemned bi the UN Security Cooncil.[1]
Thare are 13 lakes in local plains an muntains. Karvachar’s langest river is the Tartar. Its tributaries are the Tutkhun, Lev, Zaylik, Alolar, Garaarkhaj (Sarkar) rivers. Thare are 20 well-kent watter springs an aw. 70-80 per cent o the destrict is made up o muntains an each o them haes a name. Syne motor traffeck in muntains is limitit, local fowk hae dividit the destrict in different zones: 1. Upper zone – territories stretchin frae the centre wastwairds 2. Ayrim zone – north-wast 3. Gamishli-Lev zone – north-east 4. Tutgu zone – aurie aroond Zulfugarli- Baslibel 5. Sarsang SES zone – forests in the east 6. The Dalidagh-Sariyer-Keyti zone consists o bare muntains an plains
Noting with alarm the escalation in armed hostilities and, in particular, the latest invasion of the Kelbadjar district of the Republic of Azerbaijan by local Armenian forces
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1 Claimit bi the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic but unner Azerbaijani control. 2 Claimit bi the Nagorno Karabakh Republic as the caipital o the province o Shahumyan. |