Republic of Artsakh

Republic of Artsakh Արցախի Հանրապետություն Artsakhi Hanrapetutyun Нагорно-Карабахская Республика Nagorno-Karabakhskaya Respublika
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: Ազատ ու Անկախ Արցախ (Armenian) Azat u Ankakh Artsakh   (transliteration) "Free and Independent Artsakh"
Territory controlled by Artsakh in dark green, claimed territory in light green.
Status	Unrecognised state Recognised by 3 non-UN members
Capital and largest city	Stepanakert 39°52′N 46°43′E / 39.867°N 46.717°E / 39.867; 46.717
Official languages	Armenian and Russian
Demonym(s)	Artsakhi
Government	Unitary presidential republic
• President	Samvel Shahramanyan
• President of the National Assembly	Arthur Tovmasyan
Legislature	National Assembly
Independence from the Soviet Union
• Autonomy	2 September 1991[1]
• Declared	10 December 1991
Area
• Total	3,170 km2 (1,220 sq mi)[source?]
Population
• 2015 census	150,932[2] (191st)
GDP (PPP)	2019 estimate
• Total	$713 million (n/a)
• Per capita	$4,803 (n/a)
Currency	Artsakh dram Armenian dram (AMD)
Time zone	UTC+4 (AMT)
Driving side	right
Calling code	+374 47c
ISO 3166 code	AM
Internet TLD	.am, .հայ
The constitution guarantees "the free use of other languages spread among the population". Head of state and head of government, after the post of prime minister was abolished following a constitutional referendum. +374 97 for mobile phones.

Artsakh (officially the Republic of Artsakh; /ˈɑːrtsæx/; Armenian: Արցախի Հանրապետություն, Artsakhi Hanrapetutyun), or the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (/nəˌɡɔːrnoʊ kærəˈbæk/),^[3] was a separatist state in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of the South Caucasus. It controlled its own land but is legally part of Azerbaijan.

1. ↑ Zürcher, Christoph [in German] (2007). The Post-Soviet Wars: Rebellion, Ethnic Conflict, and Nationhood in the Caucasus ([Online-Ausg.]. ed.). New York: New York University Press. p. 168. ISBN 9780814797099.
2. ↑ "ԼՂՀ 2015Թ. ՄԱՐԴԱՀԱՄԱՐԻ ՆԱԽՆԱԿԱՆ ՕՊԵՐԱՏԻՎ ՑՈՒՑԱՆԻՇՆԵՐԻ ՄԱՍԻՆ". STAF NKRE. 30 March 2016. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
3. ↑ "Constitution of the Republic of Artsakh". Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Republic of Artsakh. Archived from the original on 2018-12-30. Retrieved 2020-04-19. The names 'Republic of Artsakh' and 'Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh' are identical.