Stepanakert

Khankendi / Stepanakert Xankəndi Ստեփանակերտ
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Khankendi / Stepanakert Location of Khankendi in Azerbaijan.
Coordinates: 39°48′55″N 46°45′7″E / 39.81528°N 46.75194°E / 39.81528; 46.75194
Country Unrecognized country	Azerbaijan (de jure) Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (de facto)
Province	Khankendi (city)
Elevation	813 m (2,670 ft)
Population  (2010)[1]
• Total	53,000
Website	www.azerbaijan.az

Khankendi (Azerbaijani: Xankəndi) is a city in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, legally in Azerbaijan, but was militarily controlled by the Armenian forces as the capital city of the unrecognised Republic of Artsakh (also known as Nagorno-Karabakh Republic). Stepanakert (Armenian: Ստեփանակերտ) or The city was about 40,000 ethnic Armenians. The entire Azerbaijani population was driven away from the city during the Nagorno-Karabakh War but now it is populated fully by Azerbaijanis.

1. ↑ Results of 2005 census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh. p. 47.