Zangilan District

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Zangilan District is a region in southwestern Azerbaijan, located near the borders with Armenia and Iran and known for its strategic position in the South Caucasus.

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Zangilan District canonical 2

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf district of Azerbaijan ⓘ
area approximately 707 square kilometres ⓘ
bordersCountry Armenia ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
bordersRiver Aras River ⓘ
borderTypeWithArmenia land border ⓘ
borderTypeWithIran land border ⓘ
capital Zangilan ⓘ
country Azerbaijan ⓘ
countryBorderRole forms part of Azerbaijan’s border with Iran ⓘ
established 1930 ⓘ
formerOccupation occupied by Armenian forces in the early 1990s ⓘ
geopoliticalStatus internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan ⓘ
governingBody Government of Azerbaijan ⓘ
hasMunicipalCenter Zangilan city ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage Azerbaijani ⓘ
historicalRegion Zangezur ⓘ
locatedInRegion South Caucasus ⓘ
Southwestern Azerbaijan ⓘ
locatedInSubcontinent Transcaucasia ⓘ
linked to: South Caucasus
locatedInTimeZone AZT ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Asia ⓘ
mainEthnicGroupBefore1990s Azerbaijanis ⓘ
partOfEconomicRegion East Zangezur Economic Region ⓘ
recaptureEvent retaken by Azerbaijan during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war ⓘ
reconstructionStatus subject to post-2020 reconstruction and resettlement plans ⓘ
sovereignState Republic of Azerbaijan ⓘ
linked to: Azerbaijan
strategicImportance controls transport routes in the South Caucasus ⓘ
subdivisionType district ⓘ
utcOffset +4 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zangezur uezd → presentDayRegionIncludes → Zangilan District ⓘ
Qubadli District → border → Zangilan District ⓘ