Kalbajar
Kalbajar
Kəlbəcər | |
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| Coordinates: 40°06′24″N 46°02′18″E / 40.10667°N 46.03833°E | |
| Country | Azerbaijan |
| District | Kalbajar |
| Elevation | 1,584 m (5,197 ft) |
| Population (2015) | |
• Total | 600 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Kalbajar (Azerbaijani: Kəlbəcər ⓘ; Armenian: Քարվաճառ, romanized: Karvachar) is a city and the capital of the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan. Located in the Tartar Valley, it is 458 kilometres (285 mi) away from the country's capital city Baku.
Before the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the city had a population of 7,246 people. It was captured by Armenia on 2 April 1993, after which its Azerbaijani population was expelled and replaced with Armenians. As part of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement, which ended the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, it was returned to Azerbaijan on 25 November of that year.