Horadiz | |
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| Coordinates:39°26′52″N47°20′11″E / 39.44778°N 47.33639°E /39.44778; 47.33639 | |
| Country | Azerbaijan |
| District | Fuzuli |
| Population | |
• Total | 7,600 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Horadiz is a city and municipality in theFuzuli District ofAzerbaijan, located on the left bank of theAras river. As of 2019, it had a population of 7,600 people.[1]
During theRussian Empire, the village of Horadiz was part of theJebrail Uyezd ofElisabethpol Governorate. According to the "Caucasian calendar" of 1912, the village had 1,424 inhabitants, the majority of whom wereAzerbaijanis, who were listed as "Tatars" in the calendar.[2]
Horadiz was designated as anurban-type settlement on 24 September 1947.[3] It had a population of 5,689 people according to the1989 Soviet census.
During theFirst Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was the scene of fierce fighting. On 24 October 1993, the village was captured byArmenian forces, which was condemned by UN Security Council Resolution No. 884 of 12 November 1993 and labelled as an occupation.[4] On 6 January 1994, the Azerbaijani army regained control of the village in acounter-offensive.[5] On 23 October 2007, Horadiz was granted city status.[6]
In the post-war period, Horadiz became the unofficial centre of theFuzuli District, and large projects were implemented in the area of social infrastructure - 24 schools, 2 hospitals, Olympic Sports Complex, youth centre, historical and ethnographic museum, and mugham centre were built, individual houses restored.[7]
Since the fall of the city of Fuzuli under Armenian control in 1993, Horadiz has housed a number of cultural establishments previously based in Fuzuli, namely theFuzuli State Drama Theatre,[8] the Fuzuli Museum of Local History[9] and the Fuzuli State Art Gallery.[10]
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