Khankendi

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Khankendi is a city in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of the South Caucasus, internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan and also known by its Armenian name Stepanakert.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Khankendi canonical 4
Khankendi (Stepanakert) administrative unit 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
alsoKnownAs Khankendy
Stepanakert
Stepanakert (Armenian name)
linked to: Stepanakert

Xankəndi
climate humid continental climate
country Azerbaijan
elevation approximately 800–900 meters above sea level
formerDeFactoCapitalOf Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
linked to: Republic of Artsakh

Republic of Artsakh
formerSovietAdministrativeRole capital of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast
geopoliticalStatus formerly controlled by Armenian forces
internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan
hasAlternativeLanguageName Armenian
Azerbaijani
hasEthnicCommunitiesHistorically Armenians
Azerbaijanis
Kurds
Russians
hasFunction regional center
hasMajorityLanguageHistorically Armenian
Azerbaijani
hasNearbyAirport Khojaly Airport
linked to: Stepanakert Airport
hasRoadConnectionTo Barda
Shusha
linked to: Shusha uezd
historicalEvent affected by 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war
affected by 2023 Azerbaijani military operation in Karabakh
affected by First Nagorno-Karabakh War
historicalRegion Karabakh
locatedIn Nagorno-Karabakh
South Caucasus
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Khojaly District
locatedInMountainRangeRegion Lesser Caucasus
locatedOnRiver Karkar River NERFINISHED
locatedOnTerritoryRecognizedAsPartOf Azerbaijan
partOfDisputedRegion Nagorno-Karabakh
postConflictStatus brought under full Azerbaijani control in 2023
religionHistoricallyPresent Christianity
Islam
timeZone Azerbaijan Time
utcOffset +4
wasCenterOf Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
wasPartOf Azerbaijan SSR

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Shusha uezd hasCity Khankendi
Stepanakert formerName Khankendi
Stepanakert alsoKnownAs Khankendi
Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast successor Khankendi (Stepanakert) administrative unit
linked to: Khankendi