Shusha
Shusha is a town in Shusha, Karabakh and has about 1,180 residents and an elevation of 1,600 metres. Shusha is situated nearby to the village Qarabulaq, as well as near Muxtar.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Shusha fortress (1751 year) and Lower Mosque.
Shusha fortress (1751 year)
Castle
Photo: Sefer azeri, CC0.
The Shusha fortress or Shushi fortress is a fortress surrounding the historical centre of Shusha, also called Shushi. 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.
Lower Mosque
Mosque
The Ashaghi Govhar Agha Mosque is a mosque in Shusha, Azerbaijan. The designation ashaghi refers to the location of the mosque in the lower section of Shusha town, distinguishing it from the Yukhari Govhar Agha Mosque, the similarly named mosque located in the upper section of the town.
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 Qarabulaq and Muxtar.
Qarabulaq
Village
Qarabulaq is a village de jure in the Shusha District of Azerbaijan, de facto in the Shushi Province of the self-proclaimed 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
- Type: Town with 1,180 residents
- Category: locality
- Location: Shusha, Karabakh, Azerbaijan, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
39.76326° or 39° 45′ 48″ northLongitude
46.75115° or 46° 45′ 4″ eastPopulation
1,180Elevation
1,600 metres (5,249 feet)Open location code
8HF8QQ72+8FOpenStreetMap ID
node 210333762OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Shusha” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شوشا”
- Armenian: “Շուշի”
- Basque: “Shusha”
- Belarusian: “Шуша”
- Chinese: “舒沙”
- Czech: “Šuša”
- Dutch: “Şuşa”
- French: “Choucha”
- Georgian: “შუშა”
- German: “Schuscha”
- Greek: “Σουσά”
- Hebrew: “שושה”
- Japanese: “シュシャ”
- Korean: “슈샤”
- Kurdish: “Şûşa”
- Lithuanian: “Šuša”
- Polish: “Szusza”
- Portuguese: “Shusha”
- Russian: “Шуша”
- Serbian: “Шуша”
- Spanish: “Shusha”
- Swedish: “Sjusja”
- Ukrainian: “Шуша”
- Vietnamese: “Shusha”
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