Rayon
Province Khojaly
Askeran Local time Sunday 11:14 PM | Time zone UTC (UTC+4) Population 2,300 (2015) | |
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Country De jure Azerbaijan
De facto Nagorno-Karabakh Weather 3°C, Wind SE at 10 km/h, 90% Humidity | ||
Askeran (Armenian: Ասկերան, Azerbaijani: Əsgəran; also, Khachen) is a town in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and the administrative centre of the Askeran Province which is coextensive with Khojali Rayon of Azerbaijan.
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Map of Askeran, Azerbaijan
History
Askeran fortress is situated in the southern suburb of the town. The fortress was built for defense of Shusha. The fortress was widely used during the Russo-Persian War.
In the 1988 in the clash in this city was one of the igniting points of Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict resulting in Nagorno-Karabakh War.
The fortress of Askeran was renovated in 2002.
References
Askeran (town) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA