Muxtar
Mkhitarashen or Mukhtar is a village located in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Լարա, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan
- Also known as: “Mkhitarashen”, “Mkhitarikend”, “Mkhitarkent”, and “Mukhtar”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Jidir Plain and ‘Umbrella’ waterfall.
Jidir Plain
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Vuqar Amrullayev, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Jidir Plain or Jydyr Plain is a plain in the southern part of Shusha, Azerbaijan.
Topkhana Forest
Evergreen forest
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Topkhana Forest is a forest and a state reserve located near Shusha, Azerbaijan. Claims of its destruction in 1988 caused tensions over the political future of Nagorno-Karabakh and encouraged civil and inter-ethnic unrest that would eventually erupt into the first Nagorno-Karabakh War.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shushikend and Shusha.
Shushikend
Village
Shosh or Shushikend is a village in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh.
Shusha
Photo: John Steedman, CC BY 2.0.
Shusha or Shushi is a city in Azerbaijan. This fortified city has long been a cultural center in Karabakh.
Əmillər
Village
Əmillər is a village in the Shusha District of Azerbaijan. Əmillər is situated 3½ km southwest of Muxtar.
Muxtar
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Khojaly, Azerbaijan, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
39.76122° or 39° 45′ 40″ northLongitude
46.77664° or 46° 46′ 36″ eastElevation
1,112 metres (3,648 feet)Open location code
8HF8QQ6G+FMOpenStreetMap ID
node 1346817394OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Muxtar” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Akhit’arishen”
- Armenian: “Mkhit’arishen”
- Armenian: “Մխիթարաշեն”
- Armenian: “Մխիթարիշեն”
- Azerbaijani: “Muxtar”
- Azerbaijani: “Mxitarikənd”
- Belarusian: “Мухтар”
- Belarusian: “Мхітарышэн”
- Belarusian: “Сяло Мхітарышэн”
- Chechen: “Мухтар (Ходжалин кӀошт)”
- Chechen: “Мухтар”
- Dutch: “Muxtar”
- French: “Mkhitarishen”
- French: “Moukhtar”
- Irish: “Muxtar”
- Italian: “Mkhitarishen”
- Malay: “Muxtar”
- Persian: “مخیتاریشن”
- Russian: “Мухтар”
- Russian: “Мхитарикенд”
- Russian: “Мхитаришен”
- South Azerbaijani: “موختار”
- Tatar: “Мухтар (Хоҗалы)”
- Tatar: “Мухтар”
- Ukrainian: “Мхітарішен”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Muxtar”. Photo: Լարա, CC BY-SA 4.0.