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Nagorno-Karabakh

Karabakh is a region in . It was partly controlled by the de facto independent Republic of Artsakh from 1991 until 2023, when a military offensive returned it to Azerbaijani control.
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  • Type: Region with 148,000 residents
  • Description: geopolitical region in Azerbaijan
  • Also known as: “Highland Karabakh”, “Karabakh”, “Mountainous Karabakh”, “Nagorno-Karabakhskaya Autonomous Oblast”, “Nagorny-Karabakh”, “Nagornyy Karabakh”, “Upper Karabakh”, and “Yuxarı Qarabağ”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of Saint Jacob.

Church
Photo: Soghomon Matevosyan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hakobavank, also known as Metsaranits Monastery, is an Armenian monastery situated near the village of , in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Damğalı and Çormanlı.

Village
Photo: Габриэли, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tblghu or Damghaly is a village located in the Aghdara District of , in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. is situated 3½ km northeast of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Village
Garnakar or Chormanly is a village that is located in the Aghdara District of , in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. is situated 3½ km north of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Village
Photo: Vahag851, CC BY-SA 4.0.
or Bazarkend is a village in the Aghdara District of , in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. is situated 6 km north of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Nagorno-Karabakh

Latitude
40° north
Longitude
46.58333° or 46° 35′ east
Population
148,000
Elevation
1,318 metres (4,324 feet)
Open location code
8HG82H2M+28
Geo­Names ID
409410
Wiki­data ID
Q44302
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Nagorno-Karabakh” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Nagorni Karabah”
  • Albanian: “Nagorno-Karabaku”
  • Angika: “नागोर्नो-काराबाख”
  • Arabic: “أرتساخ”
  • Arabic: “قرةباغ”
  • Arabic: “قره باغ”
  • Arabic: “مرتفعات قرة باغ”
  • Arabic: “مرتفعات قره باغ”
  • Arabic: “ناجورنو قرةباخ”
  • Arabic: “ناغورني كاراباخ”
  • Arabic: “ناغورني-كاراباخ”
  • Arabic: “ناگورنو قرة باغ”
  • Aragonese: “Alto Karabagh”
  • Aragonese: “Alto Karabaj”
  • Aragonese: “Alto Karabakh”
  • Aragonese: “Nagorno Karabakh”
  • Aragonese: “Republica de l’Alto Karabakh”
  • Armenian: “Arcax”
  • Armenian: “Arts’akh”
  • Armenian: “Leṙnayin Ġarabaġ”
  • Armenian: “Lernayin Xarabax”
  • Armenian: “Lerrnayin Gharabagh”
  • Armenian: “Արցախ”
  • Armenian: “Լեռնային Ղարաբաղ”
  • Arpitan: “Hôt-Karabag”
  • Arpitan: “Karabagh-d’Amont”
  • Asturian: “Altu Karabakh”
  • Asturian: “Nagorno Karabakh”
  • Azerbaijani: “Dağlıq Qarabağ”
  • Azerbaijani: “DQMV”
  • Bashkir: “Таулы Ҡарабах”
  • Basque: “Karabakh Garaia”
  • Basque: “Nagorno-Karabakh”
  • Belarusian: “Нагорна-Карабах”
  • Belarusian: “Нагорны Карабах”
  • Bengali: “দক্ষিণ ককেশাসের একটি বিতর্কিত অঞ্চল”
  • Bengali: “নাগর্নো-কারাবাখ”
  • Bosnian: “Gorski Karabah”
  • Bosnian: “Nagorni Karabah”
  • Bosnian: “Nagorno-Karabah”
  • Breton: “Artsac’h”
  • Breton: “Nagorno-Karabac’h”
  • Breton: “Republik Nagorno-Karabac’h”
  • Bulgarian: “Нагорни Карабах”
  • Catalan: “Alt Karabakh”
  • Catalan: “Nagorno Karabagh”
  • Central Kurdish: “ناگۆرنۆ-قەرەباغ”
  • Chechen: “Ламанан Карабах”
  • Chechen: “Ламанийн-Карабах”
  • Chinese: “Nagorno-Karabakh”
  • Chinese: “卡拉巴赫”
  • Chinese: “納卡”
  • Chinese: “納卡地區”
  • Chinese: “納哥諾卡拉巴克”
  • Chinese: “納戈爾諾-加拉巴赫”
  • Chinese: “納戈爾諾-卡拉巴赫”
  • Chinese: “納戈爾諾-卡拉巴赫共和國”
  • Chinese: “纳卡”
  • Chinese: “纳戈尔诺-卡拉巴赫”
  • Chinese: “纳戈尔诺”
  • Chinese: “纳戈尔诺卡拉巴赫”
  • Chuvash: “Туçи Карабах”
  • Cornish: “Nagorno-Karabakh”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Dağlıq Qarabağ”
  • Croatian: “Artsah”
  • Croatian: “Gornji Karabah”
  • Croatian: “Gorski Karabah”
  • Croatian: “Karabah”
  • Croatian: “Nagorno Karabah”
  • Croatian: “Nagorno-Karabakh”
  • Croatian: “Republika Gorski Karabah”
  • Czech: “Náhorní Karabach”
  • Dhivehi: “ނަގޯނޯ-ކަރަބަކް”
  • Dutch: “Artsach”
  • Dutch: “Bergachtig Karabach”
  • Dutch: “Nagorno Karabach”
  • Dutch: “Nagorno-Karabach”
  • Dutch: “Nagorny Karabach”
  • Dutch: “Nagorny-Karabach”
  • Dutch: “Opper Karabach”
  • Dutch: “Opper-Karabach”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ناجورنى كارباخ”
  • Esperanto: “Karabaĥo”
  • Esperanto: “Monta Karabaĥo”
  • Esperanto: “Montara Karabaĥo”
  • Estonian: “Artsahh”
  • Estonian: “Artshahh”
  • Estonian: “Mägi-Karabahh”
  • Faroese: “Nagorno-Karabakk”
  • Finnish: “Vuoristo-Karabah”
  • French: “Haut-Karabagh”
  • French: “Nagorno Karabakh”
  • Galician: “Alto Karabakh”
  • Galician: “Nagorno-Karabakh”
  • Georgian: “მთიანი ყარაბაღი”
  • Georgian: “ყარაბაღი”
  • German: “Berg-Karabach”
  • German: “Bergkarabach”
  • German: “Nagorny Karabach”
  • Greek: “Ναγκόρνο Καραμπάχ”
  • Greek: “Ναγκόρνο-Καραμπάχ”
  • Gujarati: “નાગોર્નો-કરબાખ”
  • Hebrew: “נאגורנו קאראבאך”
  • Hebrew: “נאגורנו-קאראבאך”
  • Hebrew: “נגורנו קאראבאך”
  • Hebrew: “נגורנו קאראבך”
  • Hebrew: “נגורנו קרבאך”
  • Hebrew: “נגורנו-קרבאך”
  • Hebrew: “נגורני קארבך”
  • Hebrew: “רפובליקת ארצאך”
  • Hindi: “नागोर्नो-काराबाख”
  • Hindi: “नागोर्नो-काराबाख़”
  • Hungarian: “Arcak Köztársaság”
  • Hungarian: “Hegyi-Karabah Köztársaság”
  • Hungarian: “Hegyi-Karabah”
  • Hungarian: “Karabah”
  • Hungarian: “Nagorno-Karabagh”
  • Icelandic: “Nagornó-Karabak”
  • Iloko: “Nagorno-Karabakh”
  • Indonesian: “Nagorno-Karabakh”
  • Interlingue: “Nagorni-Karabakh”
  • Interlingue: “Nagorno-Karabakh”
  • Irish: “An Nagarna-Carabaic”
  • Irish: “Nagorno-Karabakh”
  • Italian: “Alto Karabakh”
  • Italian: “Karabakh Montuoso”
  • Italian: “Karabakh Superiore”
  • Italian: “Nagorno Karabakh”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Nagorno-Karabak”
  • Japanese: “ナゴルノ・カラバフ”
  • Japanese: “ナゴルノ＝カラバフ”
  • Japanese: “ナゴルノカラバフ”
  • Javanese: “Nagorno Karabakh”
  • Kalmyk: “Уулта Карабахин Таңһч”
  • Kazakh: “Қарабақ”
  • Kazakh: “Таулы Қарабақ”
  • Korean: “나고르노 카라바크”
  • Korean: “나고르노 카라바흐”
  • Korean: “나고르노-카라바크”
  • Korean: “나고르노-카라바흐”
  • Korean: “나고르노카라바크”
  • Korean: “나고르노카라바흐”
  • Korean: “니고르노-카라바흐”
  • Kurdish: “Komara Nagorno Qerebaxê”
  • Ladino: “Nagorno Karabah”
  • Latin: “Carabachia Montana”
  • Latin: “Carabachia Superior”
  • Latvian: “Arcaha”
  • Latvian: “Kalnu Karabaha”
  • Latvian: “Kalnu Karabahas Republika”
  • Lezghian: “Арцlах”
  • Lezghian: “АрцӀах”
  • Lezghian: “Дагълух Къарабагъ”
  • Lezghian: “Суван Къарабагъ”
  • Lithuanian: “Kalnų Karabachas”
  • Lithuanian: “Kalnuotasis Karabachas”
  • Low German: “Nagorno-Karabach”
  • Luxembourgish: “Biergkarabach”
  • Macedonian: “Нагорно-Карабах”
  • Malagasy: “Karabaga Ambony”
  • Malay: “Nagorno-Karabakh”
  • Maltese: “Artsakh”
  • Maltese: “Nagorno-Karabakh”
  • Manx: “Nagorno-Karabakh”
  • Marathi: “नागोर्नो-काराबाख”
  • Mazanderani: “قره باغ”
  • Mazanderani: “قره‌باغ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Nagorno-Karabakh”
  • Minangkabau: “Nagorno-Karabakh”
  • Mirandese: “Ñagorno-Karabakh”
  • Mongolian: “Уулын Карабах”
  • Nepali: “नागोर्नो-काराबाख”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nagorno-Karabakh”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nagorno-Karabach”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nagorno-Karabakh”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Republikken Nagorno-Karabakh”
  • Norwegian: “Nagorno-Karabakh”
  • Novial: “Nagorno-Karabak”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܐܪܬܣܐܟ”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܢܓܘܪܢܘ ܩܪܒܐܓ”
  • Ossetian: “Карабах”
  • Ossetian: “Уæлхох Карабах”
  • Ossetian: “Уæлхох Хъарабах”
  • Pampanga: “Nagorno-Karabakh”
  • Panjabi: “ਨਾਗੋਰਨੋ-ਕਾਰਾਬਾਖ”
  • Persian: “جمهوری آرتساخ”
  • Persian: “قراباغ”
  • Persian: “قره باغ”
  • Persian: “قره‌باغ کوهستانی”
  • Persian: “قرهباغ”
  • Persian: “قره‌باغ”
  • Persian: “ناگورنو قره باغ”
  • Polish: “Arcach”
  • Polish: “Górny Karabach”
  • Polish: “Górski Karabach”
  • Polish: “Karabach”
  • Polish: “Nagorno Karabach”
  • Polish: “Nagorno-Karabach”
  • Portuguese: “Alto Carabaque”
  • Portuguese: “Carabaque Montanhoso”
  • Portuguese: “Nagorno-Carabaque”
  • Quechua: “Urqusapa Kharabaq”
  • Romanian: “Karabahul de Munte”
  • Romanian: “Nagorno Karabah”
  • Romanian: “Nagorno-Karabah”
  • Romanian: “Nagorno-Karabakh”
  • Russian: “Карабах”
  • Russian: “Нагорный Карабах”
  • Rusyn: “Нагорный Карабах (регион)”
  • Rusyn: “Нагорный Карабах”
  • Santali: “ᱱᱟᱜᱳᱨᱱᱳᱼᱠᱟᱨᱟᱵᱟᱠᱷ”
  • Scots: “Nagorno-Karabakh”
  • Serbian: “Арцах”
  • Serbian: “Арчак”
  • Serbian: “Горски Карабах”
  • Serbian: “Нагорно Карабах”
  • Serbian: “Нагорно-Карабах”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Nagorno-Karabah”
  • Sicilian: “Nagorno Karabakh”
  • Sindhi: “نگورنو ڪاراباخ”
  • Slovak: “Náhorný Karabach”
  • Slovenian: “Gorski Karabah”
  • South Azerbaijani: “داغليق قاراباغ”
  • Spanish: “Alto Karabaj”
  • Spanish: “Nagorno Karabaj”
  • Sundanese: “Nagorno-Karabakh”
  • Sundanese: “Républik Nagorno-Karabakh”
  • Swahili: “Nagorno-Karabakh”
  • Swedish: “Armeniska Nagorno-Karabach”
  • Swedish: “Artsach”
  • Swedish: “Artsakh”
  • Swedish: “Askeran”
  • Swedish: “Azat ou Ankach Artsach”
  • Swedish: “Azat u ankach Artsach”
  • Swedish: “Dagliq Qarabag”
  • Swedish: “Dağlıq Qarabağ”
  • Swedish: “Hadrut”
  • Swedish: “Juchary Qarabaghär”
  • Swedish: “Karabach”
  • Swedish: “Karabagh”
  • Swedish: “Karabakh”
  • Swedish: “Karapach”
  • Swedish: “Lernayin Gharabagh”
  • Swedish: “Martakert”
  • Swedish: “Martuni”
  • Swedish: “Nagorno Karabach”
  • Swedish: “Nagorno Karabakh”
  • Swedish: “Nagorno-Karabach Autonoma Oblast”
  • Swedish: “Nagorno-Karabach”
  • Swedish: “Nagorno-Karabachs nationalsång”
  • Swedish: “Nagorno-Karabagh”
  • Swedish: “Nagorno-Karabakh”
  • Swedish: “Nagorno-Karapach”
  • Swedish: “Nagornyj Karabach”
  • Swedish: “Nagoro-Karabakh”
  • Swedish: “NKR”
  • Swedish: “Republiken Nagorno-Karabach”
  • Swedish: “Sjahumian”
  • Swedish: “Yuxari Qarabager”
  • Swedish: “Yuxarı Qarabağär”
  • Swedish: “Yuxarı Qarabağər”
  • Tagalog: “Nagorno-Karabah”
  • Tajik: “Қарабоғи Кӯҳӣ”
  • Tamil: “நாகோர்னோ-கராபக் பிரதேசம்”
  • Tatar: “Таулы Карабах”
  • Tatar: “Таулы́ Караба́х”
  • Thai: “นากอร์โน-คาราบัค”
  • Turkish: “Dağlık Karabağ”
  • Turkish: “Yukarı Karabağ”
  • Uighur: “تاغلىق قاراباغ”
  • Ukrainian: “Арцах”
  • Ukrainian: “Карабах”
  • Ukrainian: “Нагірний Карабах”
  • Urdu: “Nagorno-Karabakh Republic”
  • Urdu: “Nagorno-Karabakh”
  • Urdu: “ناگورنو قرہ باغ”
  • Urdu: “نگورنو کاراباخ”
  • Uzbek: “Tog’li Qorabog‘”
  • Uzbek: “Togʻli Qorabogʻ”
  • Venetian: “Nagorno Karabakh”
  • Vietnamese: “Nagorno Karabakh”
  • Vietnamese: “Nagorno-Karabakh”
  • Vlax Romani: “Nagorno-Karabakh”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Nagorno-Karabakh”
  • Welsh: “Karabakh”
  • Welsh: “Nagorno Carabach”
  • Welsh: “Nagorno Karabakh”
  • Welsh: “Nagorno-Carabach”
  • Welsh: “Nagorno-Karabagh”
  • Welsh: “Nagorno-Karabakh”
  • Western Armenian: “Լեռնային Ղարաբաղ”
  • Western Frisian: “Nagorno-Karabach”
  • Western Frisian: “Nagorno-Karabakh”
  • Western Panjabi: “نگورنو قرہ باغ”
  • Western Panjabi: “نگورنو کارا باخ”
  • Wu Chinese: “纳戈尔诺-卡拉巴赫”
  • Yoruba: “Nagorno-Karabakh”
  • Yue Chinese: “納戈爾諾-卡拉巴赫”

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