Nagorny Karabakh Autonomous Region
The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast was an autonomous oblast within the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic that was created on July 7, 1923. Its capital was the city of Stepanakert. The majority of the population were ethnic Armenians.- Type: Locality
- Description: autonomous oblast within the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, in the former Soviet Union
- Also known as: “Arts’akh”, “Dağlıq Qarabağ Muxtar Vilayǝti”, “Lerrnayin Garabagh”, “Lerrnayin Gharabaghi Hanrapetut’yun”, “Lerrnayin Gharabaghi Ink’navar Marz”, “Nagorno-Karabakh [provisional]”, “Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast”, “Nagorno-Karabakhskaya Avtonomnaya Oblast‘”, “Nagorno-Karabakhskaya Respublika”, “Nagornyy Karabakh”, “Qarabağ Vilayǝti”, “Republic of Mountainous Gharabagh”, and “YuxarıQarabağ”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of Saint Jacob and Kachaghakaberd.
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 Kolatak, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan.
Kachaghakaberd
Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kachaghakaberd is a mountain-top fortress located between the villages of Kolatak and Khndzristan, in Khojaly District of Azerbaijan. The Janapar Trail runs very near to the fortress. A short side trail takes to the top of the fortress. Kachaghakaberd is situated 4½ km southeast of Nagorny Karabakh Autonomous Region.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vank and Damğalı.
Vank
Vank or Vangli is a village in the Aghdara District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. From 1991 to 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh.
Damğalı
Village
Photo: Габриэли, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tblghu or Damghaly is a village located in the Aghdara District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. Damğalı is situated 3½ km northeast of Nagorny Karabakh Autonomous Region.
Çormanlı
Village
Garnakar or Chormanly is a village that is located in the Aghdara District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. Çormanlı is situated 3½ km north of Nagorny Karabakh Autonomous Region.
Nagorny Karabakh Autonomous Region
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Nagorny Karabakh Autonomous Region” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إقليم مرتفعات قرة باغ ذاتي الحكم”
- Armenian: “Լեռնային Ղարաբաղի ինքնավար մարզ”
- Armenian: “Լեռնային Ղարաբաղի Ինքնավար Մարզ”
- Armenian: “ԼՂ ինքնավար մարզ”
- Armenian: “ԼՂԻՄ”
- Asturian: “Óblast Autónomu de Nagorno Karabakh”
- Azerbaijani: “Dağlıq Qarabağ Muxtar Vilayəti”
- Azerbaijani: “DQMV”
- Bashkir: “Таулы-Карабах автономиялы өлкә”
- Basque: “Karabakh Garaiko Oblast Autonomoa”
- Belarusian: “Нагорна-Карабаская аўтаномная вобласьць”
- Belarusian: “Нагорна-Карабахская аўтаномная вобласць”
- Breton: “OE Nagorno-Karabac’h”
- Bulgarian: “Нагорно-карабахска автономна област”
- Catalan: “òblast autònoma de l’Alt Karabakh”
- Catalan: “província autònoma de l’Alt Karabakh”
- Central Bikol: “Awtonomong Oblast nin Nagorno-Karabakh”
- Chinese: “納哥諾卡拉巴克自治州”
- Chinese: “納戈爾諾-卡拉巴赫自治州”
- Chinese: “纳戈尔诺-卡拉巴赫自治州”
- Czech: “Náhorněkarabašská autonomní oblast”
- Dutch: “Nagorno Karabachse Autonome Oblast”
- Dutch: “Nagorno-Karabachse Autonome Oblast”
- Esperanto: “Aŭtonoma Oblasto Montara Karabaĥo”
- Esperanto: “Aŭtonoma Provinco Montara Karabaĥo”
- Estonian: “Mägi-Karabahhi autonoomne oblast”
- French: “Oblast autonome de Haut-Karabakh”
- French: “oblast autonome du Haut-Karabagh”
- French: “Oblast autonome du Haut-Karabagh”
- French: “Oblast autonome du Haut-Karabakh”
- Galician: “Óblast Autónomo de Nagorno-Karabakh”
- Georgian: “მთიანი ყარაბაღის ავტონომიური ოლქი”
- German: “AO Bergkarabach”
- German: “Autonome Oblast Bergkarabach”
- German: “Autonomes Gebiet Bergkarabach”
- Greek: “Αυτόνομο Όμπλαστ Ναγκόρνο Καραμπάχ”
- Hebrew: “המחוז האוטונומי של נגורנו קרבאך”
- Indonesian: “Oblast Otonomi Nagorno-Karabakh”
- Italian: “Oblast Autonomo del Nagorno Karabakh”
- Italian: “Oblast’ autonoma del Nagorno Karabakh”
- Japanese: “ナゴルノ・カラバフ自治州”
- Karachay-Balkar: “Тау-Къарабах автоном область”
- Korean: “나고르노카라바흐 자치주”
- Lezghian: “Суван Къарабагъдин автономдин область”
- Macedonian: “Нагорнокарабашка автономна област”
- Malay: “Wilayah Autonomi Nagorno-Karabakh”
- Mingrelian: “გვალამი ყარაბაღიშ ავტონომიური ოლქი”
- Ossetian: “Уæлхох Карабахы автономон бæстæ”
- Ossetian: “Уæлхох Карабахы автономон облæст”
- Persian: “استان خودمختار قرهباغ کوهستانی”
- Polish: “Nagorno-Karabachski OA”
- Polish: “Nagorno-Karabachski Obwód Autonomiczny”
- Portuguese: “Oblast Autónomo de Nagorno-Karabakh”
- Portuguese: “Oblast Autônomo de Nagorno-Karabakh”
- Portuguese: “Oblast Autónomo do Alto Carabaque”
- Portuguese: “Oblast Autónomo do Nagorno-Karabakh”
- Portuguese: “Oblast autônomo do Nagorno-Karabakh”
- Romanian: “Regiunea Autonomă Nagorno-Karabah”
- Rundi: “Mountainous Karabakh”
- Russian: “Автономная область Нагорного Карабаха”
- Russian: “АО Нагорного Карабаха”
- Russian: “АОНК”
- Russian: “Карабах”
- Russian: “Нагорно-Карабах”
- Russian: “Нагорно-Карабахская автономная область”
- Russian: “Нагорно-Карабахская АО”
- Russian: “Нагорный Карабах”
- Russian: “НКАО”
- Rusyn: “Нагорный Карабах (автономна область)”
- Rusyn: “Нагорный Карабах”
- Serbian: “Нагорно-Карабах”
- Serbian: “Нагорнокарабашка аутономна област”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Nagornokarabaška autonomna oblast”
- Slovenian: “Avtonomna oblast Gorski Karabah”
- Spanish: “Alto Karabaj”
- Spanish: “Nagorno Karabaj”
- Spanish: “Oblast Autonomo de Nagorno Karabaj”
- Spanish: “Óblast Autónomo de Nagorno Karabaj”
- Spanish: “Óblast autónomo del Alto Karabaj”
- Swedish: “Nagorno-Karabachs autonoma oblast”
- Tagalog: “Awtonomong Oblast ng Nagorno-Karabah”
- Tagalog: “Nagsasariling Oblast ng Nagorno-Karabah”
- Tajik: “Вилояти Мухтори Қарабоғи Кӯҳӣ”
- Tajik: “Вилояти Худмухтори Кӯҳистони Қарабоғ”
- Tatar: “Таулы Карабаг айрат өлкәсе”
- Turkish: “Dağlık Karabağ Muhtar Vilayeti”
- Turkish: “Dağlık Karabağ Özerk Oblastı”
- Ukrainian: “Автономна область Нагірного Карабаху”
- Ukrainian: “АОНК”
- Ukrainian: “Нагірно-Карабаська автономна область”
- Upper Sorbian: “Awtonomna woblasć Nahórski Karabach”
- Uzbek: “Togʻli Qorabogʻ muxtor viloyati”
- Vietnamese: “Tỉnh tự trị Nagorno-Karabakh”
- Western Armenian: “Լեռնային Ղարաբաղի Ինքնավար Մարզ”
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