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Occupied territories of Azerbaijan

Nagorny-Karabakh region

  • Territory – 4 388 sq. km
  • Population (1989) – 189 085
  • Armenians – 145 450 (76,9 %)
  • Azerbaijanis – 40 688 (21,5 %)
  • Russians – 1922 (1 %)
  • Others – 1025 (0,6 %)

Shusha district

  • Territory – 289 sq. km
  • Population (1989) – 20579
  • Azerbaijanis – 19 036 (92,5 %)
  • Armenians – 1 377 (6,7 %)
  • Occupied – May 8, 1992

District outside Nagorny-Karabakh region Occupation Expulsion

  • Lachin – May 18, 1992 – 71 000
  • Kelbajar – April 2, 1993 – 74 000
  • Aghdam – July 23, 1993 – 165 600
  • Fizuli – August 23, 1993 – 146 000
  • Jabrayil – August 26, 1993 – 66 000
  • Gubadly – August 31, 1993 – 37 900
  • Zangilan – October 28, 1993 – 39 500

Victims of aggression

  • Killed – 20 000
  • Disabled – 50 000
  • Missing – 4866

Destruction and damage

  • Settlements – 890
  • Houses – 150 000
  • Public Buildings – 7 000
  • Schools – 693
  • Kindergartens – 855
  • Health Care facilities – 695
  • Libraries – 927Temples – 44
  • Mosques – 9
  • Historical Places – 9
  • Historical Monuments And Museum – 464
  • Museum Exhibits – 40 000
  • Industrial and Agricultural Enterprises – 6 000
  • Motor Ways – 800 km
  • Bridges – 160
  • Water Pipelines – 2 300 km
  • Gas Pipelines – 2 000 km
  • Electricity Lines – 15 000 km
  • Forests – 280 000 ha
  • Sowing Area – 1 000 000 ha
  • Irrigation Systems – 1 200 km
  • The total damage is estimated up to 60 billions US $

Refugees and IDP

  • Refugees from Armenia – 250 000
  • Internally displaced persons the occupied territories – 660 000
  • Internally displaced persons along the border with Armenia and line of occupation – 100 000
  • Total – 1 010 000

Armenian Armed Forces in the occupied territories

  • Tanks – 316
  • ACV – 324
  • Artillery – 322
  • Personnel – 40 000

Settlers illegally transferred to occupied territories

  • Nagorny-Karabakh – 8 500
  • Lachin – 13 000
  • Kelbajar – 700
  • Zangilan – 520
  • Jabrayil – 280
  • Total – 23 000

 

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