Stepanakert facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Stepanakert Ստեփանակերտ Khankendi (Xankəndi)
City
From top left: Panoramic view of the Renaissance Square T-72 tank memorial of Karabakh War • Artsakh University Downtown Stepanakert • Stepanakert skyline Panoramic view of Stepanakert
Country Unrecognized country	Azerbaijan (de jure)  Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (de facto)
Province	Stepanakert (City)
Elevation	813 m (2,670 ft)
Population  (2010)
• Total	53,000
Website	www.stepanakert.am

Stepanakert (Armenian: Ստեփանակերտ; known as Xankəndi in Azerbaijan, and translated as Khankendi) is the capital city of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, a de facto independent republic. The city has about 40,000 Armenians. The entire Azerbaijani population left the city during the Nagorno-Karabakh War.

Notable individuals

• André - Armenian singer
• Armen Abaghian - academic
• Vladimir Arzumanyan - Armenian singer, winner of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010
• Don Askarian - filmmaker
• Samvel Babayan - general
• Zori Balayan - writer
• Robert Kocharyan - Second President of Armenia
• Fakhraddin Manafov - actor
• Serzh Sargsyan - Third President of Armenia, incumbent
• Nikolay Yenikolopov (Yenikolopyan) - academic

Images for kids

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  Stepanakert countryside

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  A view down Freedom Fighters' Boulevard

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  Renaissance Square

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  Downtown Stepanakert

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  Saint James' Church

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  Stepanakert Airport

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  A routed taxicab minibus in Stepanakert

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  Dusk over Stepanakert

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  We Are Our Mountains

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  Stepanakert Republican Stadium

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  Serzh Sargsyan, President of Armenia

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  The Ministry of foreign affairs

See also

In Spanish: Stepanakert para niños