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Stepanakert
Ստեփանակերտ
Khankendi
(Xankəndi) |
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City
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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 |
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Country Unrecognized country |
Azerbaijan (de jure) Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (de facto) |
Province | Stepanakert (City) |
Elevation | 813 m (2,670 ft) |
Population
(2010)
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• 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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Serzh Sargsyan, President of Armenia
See also
In Spanish: Stepanakert para niños
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