Zangezur

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Zangezur is a mountainous historical region in the South Caucasus, largely corresponding to today’s Syunik Province in southern Armenia and parts of neighboring territories.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Zangezur canonical 4
Meghri 1
Zangezur region 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region
mountainous region
borderedBy Azerbaijan
Iran
Nagorno-Karabakh region
Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
climate continental mountain climate
contains Kajaran mining area
crossedBy Aras River basin
linked to: Kura–Aras basin

Vorotan River
linked to: Vorotan River basin
formsCorridorBetween Armenia
Iran
hasAlternativeName Syunik-Zangezur region
linked to: Syunik Province
hasAlternativeTransliteration Zanghezur
hasHighestPeak Kaputjugh Mountain
hasMountainRange Zangezur Mountains
hasNaturalResource copper
molybdenum
hasStrategicImportanceFor Armenia
Azerbaijan
historicalInhabitants Armenians
Kurds
Tatars
historicalNameInArmenian Syunik
linked to: Syunik Province
isAssociatedWith Zangezur Corridor concept
isMentionedIn Armenian medieval chronicles
isSubjectOf territorial disputes
largelyCorrespondsTo Syunik Province
locatedIn South Caucasus
southern Armenia
linked to: Southern Armenia
partiallyLocatedIn Azerbaijan
partOf Armenia
sawConflictDuring Armenian–Azerbaijani War (1918–1920)
separates Armenia
Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
rest of Azerbaijan
terrain rugged mountains
vegetation alpine meadows
subalpine forests
wasContestedBy Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
First Republic of Armenia
wasIncorporatedInto Armenian SSR
wasLedBy Garegin Nzhdeh
wasPartOf Elisabethpol Governorate
Russian Empire
Zangezur uezd

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Referenced by (6)

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

Zangezur Mountains nearbyCity Meghri
linked to: Zangezur
Karabakh region (broad sense) borderedBy Zangezur region
linked to: Zangezur