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Khankendi

Khankendi, formerly Stepanakert, is a nice small city in . The city is controlled by Azerbaijan since 2023; much of the information in this article is likely out of date.
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  • Type: City with 53,400 residents
  • Description: city in Azerbaijan
  • Also known as: “Khankandi”, “Khankendy”, “Xankendi”, and “Xankǝndi”
  • Historically known as: “Stepanakert” and “Vararakn”

Places of Interest

Highlights include We Are Our Mountains and Armenian Dramatic Theater of Stepanakert.

is a north of Stepanakert in the region of , . The sculpture, completed in 1967 by Sargis Baghdasaryan, is widely regarded as a symbol of the Armenian heritage of Nagorno-Karabakh, with some considering it to be a symbol of Armenian identity as a whole.

Theater building
Photo: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0.
is a theater building.

Monument
Photo: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0.
The , or Victory Monument, is a memorial located in Stepanakert, .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shusha and Xanyurdu.

Photo: John Steedman, CC BY 2.0.
or Shushi is a city in . This fortified city has long been a cultural center in Karabakh.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 4.0.
Khnatsakh or Khanyurdu is a village in the of , in the region of . Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh.

Village
Photo: Golden, CC BY 4.0.
or Dashkand is a village in the of , in the region of . Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh.

Khankendi

Latitude
39.8182° or 39° 49′ 6″ north
Longitude
46.7511° or 46° 45′ 4″ east
Population
53,400
Elevation
850 metres (2,789 feet)
Open location code
8HF8RQ92+7C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4027452036
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
146970
Wiki­data ID
Q129352
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Yue Chinese—“Khankendi” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: “Степанакерт”
  • Abkhazian: “Ханкенди”
  • Afrikaans: “Chankendi”
  • Afrikaans: “Khankendi”
  • Afrikaans: “Stepanakert”
  • Afrikaans: “Xankəndi”
  • Albanian: “Hankendi”
  • Albanian: “Khankendi”
  • Arabic: “خانكندي”
  • Aragonese: “Khankendi”
  • Aragonese: “Khankendí”
  • Aragonese: “Stepanakert”
  • Armenian: “Խանքենդի”
  • Armenian: “Ստեփանակերտ”
  • Armenian: “Վարարակն”
  • Asturian: “Stepanakert”
  • Asturian: “Сhankendi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Xankəndi”
  • Basque: “Khankendi”
  • Basque: “Stepanakert”
  • Bavarian: “Xankəndi”
  • Bavarian: “Сhankendi”
  • Belarusian: “Стэпанакерт”
  • Belarusian: “Сцепанакерт”
  • Belarusian: “Ханкендзі”
  • Belarusian: “Ханкэнды”
  • Bengali: “স্টেপানাকেট”
  • Bengali: “স্টেপানেকেট”
  • Bosnian: “Hankendi”
  • Bosnian: “Khankendi”
  • Breton: “Khankendi”
  • Breton: “Stepanakert”
  • Breton: “Xankəndi”
  • Bulgarian: “Ханканди”
  • Bulgarian: “Ханкенди”
  • Catalan: “Stepanakert”
  • Catalan: “Xankəndi”
  • Cebuano: “Xankandi”
  • Chechen: “Ханкенди”
  • Chinese: “Stepanakert”
  • Chinese: “史提帕納科特”
  • Chinese: “斯捷潘納克特”
  • Chinese: “斯捷潘纳克特”
  • Chinese: “汉肯德”
  • Chinese: “漢肯德”
  • Chuvash: “Степанакерт”
  • Chuvash: “Ханкенди”
  • Croatian: “Hankendi”
  • Croatian: “Kankendi”
  • Croatian: “Khankendi”
  • Croatian: “Stepanakert”
  • Croatian: “Xankendi”
  • Czech: “Chankendi”
  • Czech: “Khankendi”
  • Czech: “Stepanakert”
  • Czech: “Stěpanakert”
  • Danish: “Khankendi”
  • Danish: “Stepanakert”
  • Danish: “Xankendi”
  • Dutch: “Chankendi”
  • Dutch: “Khankendi”
  • Dutch: “Stepanakert”
  • Dutch: “Xankandi”
  • Dutch: “Xankendi”
  • Dutch: “Xankəndi”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “خانكندى”
  • Esperanto: “Ĥankendi”
  • Esperanto: “Stepanakert”
  • Esperanto: “Stepanakerto”
  • Estonian: “Stepanakert”
  • Estonian: “Stephanakert”
  • Estonian: “Xankändi”
  • Estonian: “Xankəndi”
  • Finnish: “Khankendi”
  • Finnish: “Stepanakert”
  • French: “Khankendi”
  • French: “Khankendy”
  • French: “Stepanakert”
  • French: “Xankendi”
  • French: “Xankəndi”
  • Gagauz: “Xankändi”
  • Galician: “Khankendi”
  • Galician: “Stepanakert”
  • Georgian: “სტაპანაკერტი”
  • Georgian: “სტეფანაკერტი”
  • Georgian: “ხანკენდი”
  • Georgian: “ხანქენდი”
  • German: “Chankändi”
  • German: “Chankendi”
  • German: “Hankendi”
  • German: “Stepanakert”
  • German: “Xankändi”
  • German: “Xankəndi”
  • Greek: “Στεπανακέρτ”
  • Greek: “Χανκεντί”
  • Greek: “Χανκέντι”
  • Gujarati: “સ્ટેપનકેર્ટ”
  • Gujarati: “સ્ટેપાનાકર્ટ”
  • Hausa: “Khankendi”
  • Hausa: “Stepanakert”
  • Hebrew: “אזרית”
  • Hebrew: “חאן קנדי”
  • Hebrew: “חאנקנדי”
  • Hebrew: “סטפנקרט”
  • Hindi: “खानकेंडी”
  • Hindi: “स्टेपनकर्ट”
  • Hindi: “स्टेपानेकर्ट”
  • Hungarian: “Xankəndi”
  • Icelandic: “Khankendi”
  • Icelandic: “Stepanakert”
  • Ido: “Khankendi”
  • Ido: “Stepanakert”
  • Iloko: “Khankendi”
  • Iloko: “Stepanakert”
  • Indonesian: “Khankendi”
  • Indonesian: “Stepanakert”
  • Indonesian: “Xankandi”
  • Indonesian: “Xankəndi”
  • Interlingua: “Khankendi”
  • Interlingua: “Stepanakert”
  • Interlingue: “Khankendi”
  • Interlingue: “Stepanakert”
  • Irish: “Khankendi”
  • Italian: “Chankendi”
  • Italian: “Step’anakert”
  • Italian: “Stepanakert”
  • Italian: “Xankəndi”
  • Japanese: “カンケンディ”
  • Japanese: “ステパナケルト”
  • Japanese: “ハンケンディ”
  • Kannada: “ಸ್ಟೆಟೆನಾಕರ್ಟ್”
  • Kazakh: “Ханкенді”
  • Kirghiz: “Ханкенди”
  • Komi: “Xankəndi”
  • Komi: “Ханкaнди”
  • Komi: “Ханкенди”
  • Korean: “스테파나케르트”
  • Korean: “칸켄디”
  • Korean: “한캔디”
  • Korean: “한켄디”
  • Kurdish: “Khankendi”
  • Kurdish: “Xankendi”
  • Ladino: “Khankendi”
  • Ladino: “Stepanakert”
  • Ladino: “Xankəndi”
  • Latvian: “Hankendi”
  • Latvian: “Khankendi”
  • Lithuanian: “Chankendi”
  • Lithuanian: “Chankendis”
  • Lithuanian: “Chankendy”
  • Lithuanian: “Stepanakertas”
  • Lithuanian: “Xankandi”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kankendi”
  • Luxembourgish: “Stepanakert”
  • Luxembourgish: “Xankəndi”
  • Macedonian: “Ханкенди”
  • Malagasy: “Khankendi”
  • Malagasy: “Xankandi”
  • Malay: “Khankendi”
  • Malay: “Stepanakert”
  • Malayalam: “സ്റ്റെപാനകെർട്ട്”
  • Marathi: “स्टेपनाकर्ट”
  • Mazanderani: “استپاناکرت”
  • Mazanderani: “خان‌کندی”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Khankendi”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Stepanakert”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Khankendi”
  • Minangkabau: “Stepanakert”
  • Mingrelian: “ხანქენდი”
  • Northern Frisian: “Khankendi”
  • Northern Frisian: “Stepanakert”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Khankendi”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Khankendi”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Stepanakert”
  • Norwegian: “Khankendi”
  • Norwegian: “Stepanakert”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Khankendi”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Stepanakert”
  • Ossetian: “Степанакерт”
  • Ossetian: “Ханкенди”
  • Persian: “استپاناكرت”
  • Persian: “استپاناکرت”
  • Persian: “خان كندي”
  • Persian: “خانکندی”
  • Persian: “خانکَندی”
  • Polish: “Chankendi”
  • Polish: “Khankendi”
  • Polish: “Stepanakert”
  • Polish: “Stiepanakiert”
  • Polish: “Xankandi”
  • Polish: “Xankendi”
  • Polish: “Xankəndi”
  • Portuguese: “Canquendi”
  • Portuguese: “Estepanaquerte”
  • Portuguese: “Khankendi”
  • Portuguese: “Stepanakert”
  • Pushto: “استپاناکرت”
  • Pushto: “خان کندي”
  • Romanian: “Hankendi (Stepanakert)”
  • Romanian: “Stepanakert”
  • Russian: “Вараракн”
  • Russian: “Степанакерт” (historical)
  • Russian: “Хан-Кенды”
  • Russian: “Ханкенди”
  • Russian: “Ханкенды”
  • Rusyn: “Ханкенди”
  • Sardinian: “Khankendi”
  • Sardinian: “Step’anakert”
  • Scots: “Khankendi”
  • Scots: “Stepanakert”
  • Serbian: “Khankendi”
  • Serbian: “Xankəndi”
  • Serbian: “Степанакерт”
  • Serbian: “Ханкенди”
  • Serbian: “Ханхенди”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Khankendi”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Stepanakert”
  • Sinhala: “ස්ටෙපනකර්ට්, අසර්බයිජානය”
  • Sinhala: “ස්ටේපනකර්ට්”
  • Slovak: “Chankendi”
  • Slovak: “Khankendi”
  • Slovak: “Stepanakert”
  • Slovak: “Stěpanakert”
  • Slovenian: “Khankendi”
  • Slovenian: “Xankəndi”
  • South Azerbaijani: “خان‌کندی”
  • Spanish: “Jankendi”
  • Spanish: “Khankendi”
  • Spanish: “Khankendí”
  • Spanish: “Stepanakert”
  • Spanish: “Vararakn”
  • Spanish: “Xankendi”
  • Spanish: “Xankəndi”
  • Sundanese: “Khankendi”
  • Sundanese: “Stepanakert”
  • Sundanese: “Xankəndi”
  • Swedish: “Chankändi”
  • Swedish: “Khankendi”
  • Swedish: “Stepanakert”
  • Swedish: “Xankändi”
  • Tagalog: “Khankendi”
  • Tagalog: “Stepanakert”
  • Tajik: “Ханкенди”
  • Tajik: “Ханкендӣ”
  • Tajik: “Хонканди”
  • Tajik: “Хонкандӣ”
  • Tamil: “எசுடெபானெகெத்”
  • Tamil: “ஸ்டெபானகேர்ட்”
  • Tatar: “Ханкәнде”
  • Tatar: “Ханкенди”
  • Telugu: “స్టెపనాకర్ట్”
  • Thai: “สเตพานาแกร์ต”
  • Turkish: “Hankendi”
  • Turkish: “Khankendi”
  • Turkmen: “Hankendi”
  • Ukrainian: “Степанакерт”
  • Ukrainian: “Ханкенді”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Chankendi”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Khankendi”
  • Urdu: “خان کندی”
  • Urdu: “نگورنو کاراباخ کا دارالحکومت”
  • Uzbek: “Xonkandi”
  • Uzbek: “Xonkendi”
  • Vietnamese: “Khankendi”
  • Vietnamese: “Stepanakert”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Khankendi”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Stepanakert”
  • Western Armenian: “Խանքենդի”
  • Western Armenian: “Ստեփանակերտ”
  • Western Frisian: “Khankendi”
  • Western Frisian: “Stepanakert”
  • Western Panjabi: “خانکیندی شہر”
  • Wu Chinese: “斯捷潘纳克特”
  • Yue Chinese: “斯捷潘納克特”
  • “Xankəndi”

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