Shusha City
Shusha District is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the west of the country and belongs to the Karabakh Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Khojaly, Lachin, and Khojavend.- Type: district of Azerbaijan with 33,800 residents
- Description: district of Azerbaijan
- Also known as: “Shusha District”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ghazanchetsots Cathedral and Shusha fortress (1751 year).
Ghazanchetsots Cathedral
Church
Holy Savior Cathedral, commonly referred to as Ghazanchetsots, is an Armenian Apostolic cathedral in Shusha in Azerbaijan. It is the cathedra of the Diocese of Artsakh of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
Shusha fortress (1751 year)
Castle
Photo: Sefer azeri, CC0.
The Shusha fortress or Shushi fortress is a fortress surrounding the historical centre of Shusha. The newly conquered castle town was called "Panahabad fortress" named after Panah Ali Khan who together with Melik Shahnazar was the founder of the fort.
Yukhari Govhar Agha Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Sefer azeri, CC0.
The Yukhari Govhar Agha Mosque, also called the Great Juma Mosque of Govhar Agha, is an Azerbaijani Shia Muslim mosque located in the city of Shusha, Azerbaijan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shusha and Karindag.
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.
Karindag
Village
Photo: adam jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dashalty or Karin Tak is a village in the Shusha District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2020, the village was controlled by the Republic of Artsakh.
Muxtar
Village
Photo: Լարա, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Shusha City
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Azerbaijan, Caucasus, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Shusha City” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Shusha”
- Amharic: “Շուշա քաղաք”
- Arabic: “مقاطعة شوشا”
- Armenian: “Շուշիի շրջան”
- Asturian: “Shusha District”
- Azerbaijani: “Şuşa rayonu”
- Azerbaijani: “Şuşa Şəhəri”
- Belarusian: “Шушынскі раён”
- Bengali: “শুশা শহর”
- Bengali: “সুশা জেলা”
- Bengali: “সোশা জেলা”
- Breton: “Şuşa”
- Cebuano: “Shusha”
- Chechen: “Шушан кӀошт”
- Chinese: “舒沙区”
- Chinese: “舒沙區”
- Crimean Tatar: “Şuşa (rayon)”
- Crimean Tatar: “Şuşa”
- Croatian: “Šušinski rajon”
- Czech: “okres Šuša”
- Danish: “Shusha District”
- Dutch: “Şuşa”
- Finnish: “Şuşan piirikunta”
- French: “Choucha”
- French: “Shusha”
- French: “Şuşa”
- French: “Ville de Choucha”
- Gagauz: “Şuşa”
- Georgian: “შუშის რაიონი”
- German: “AZ-SUS”
- German: “Stadt Schuscha”
- German: “Şuşa”
- Greek: “Επαρχία Σουσά”
- Gujarati: “શુશા જિલ્લો”
- Hausa: “Gari Shusha”
- Hebrew: “שושה”
- Hindi: “शुशा जिला”
- Hungarian: “Şuşai járás”
- Ido: “Distrikto Şuşa”
- Indonesian: “Shusha”
- Indonesian: “Susa”
- Italian: “distretto di Şuşa”
- Italian: “Distretto di Şuşa”
- Japanese: “シュシャ市”
- Japanese: “シュシャ県”
- Javanese: “Kota Shusha”
- Kannada: “ಶುಶಾ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ”
- Kazakh: “Шуша қаласы”
- Kirghiz: “Шуша Шахры”
- Korean: “슈샤구”
- Latvian: “Šušas rajons”
- Lithuanian: “Šušos apskritis”
- Macedonian: “Шуша”
- Malay: “Daerah Shusha”
- Malay: “Kota Shusha”
- Malay: “Shusha”
- Marathi: “शुसा राज्य”
- Marathi: “शुसा विभाग”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Şuşa”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Şuşa”
- Norwegian: “Şuşa”
- Oromo: “Magaalaa Shusha”
- Ossetian: “Шушайы район”
- Panjabi: “ਸ਼ੁਸ਼ਾ ਸ਼ਹਿਰ”
- Persian: “بخش شوشا”
- Persian: “رایون شوشا”
- Persian: “شهر شوشا”
- Persian: “شهرستان شوشا”
- Persian: “شهرستان شوشی”
- Polish: “Rejon Shusha”
- Polish: “Rejon Şuşa”
- Polish: “Rejon Szusza”
- Portuguese: “Cidade de Xucha”
- Portuguese: “Shusha”
- Pushto: “شوشا ښار”
- Russian: “Шушинский район”
- Scots: “Shusha Rayon”
- Serbian: “Шушински рејон”
- Sinhala: “ශුෂා දිස්ත්රික්කය, අසර්බයිජානය”
- Sinhala: “ශුෂා දිස්ත්රික්කය”
- Somali: “Magaalada Shusha”
- South Azerbaijani: “شوشا رایونو”
- Spanish: “Ciudad de Shushá”
- Spanish: “Raión de Shusha”
- Spanish: “Şuşa”
- Sundanese: “Rayon Shusha”
- Swahili: “Jiji la Shusha”
- Swedish: “Shusha”
- Tagalog: “Distrito ng Shusha”
- Tajik: “Ноҳияи Шуша”
- Tajik: “Шахри Шуша”
- Tamil: “ஷுஷா மாவட்டம்”
- Tamil: “ஸுஷா மாவட்டம்”
- Tatar: “Шуша районы”
- Tatar: “Шуша шәhәре”
- Telugu: “షూషా జిల్లా”
- Thai: “เขตซูซา”
- Turkish: “Şuşa Rayonu”
- Turkish: “Şuşa”
- Ukrainian: “Шушинський район”
- Urdu: “شوشا ضلع”
- Uzbek: “Shusha Shaxri”
- Uzbek: “Shusha tumani”
- Vietnamese: “Shusha (quận)”
- Vietnamese: “Shusha”
- Waray (Philippines): “Shusha Rayon”
- Western Panjabi: “ضلع شوشا”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Shushi History Museum and Shushi Regional Hospital.
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