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Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Dashkesan (District)

Geographical Environment

The administrative district of Dashkesan, established in 1930, occupies an area of 1,019 square kilometres and comprises 49 residential settlements, including 44 villages. The district, known by the name of Dastapor until 1956, borders on Getabek, Khanlar and Shamkhor Districts of the Republic of Azerbaijan, as well as Karvajar District of the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh, and the sub-district of Vardenis within Gegharkunik Marz (an administrative-territorial unit in Armenia) of the Republic of Armenia. Between 1988 and 1989, all its settlements were stripped of their Armenian population.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 63.

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Author Samvel Karapetian

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Dastapor