Founded 1827 Time zone AZT (UTC+4) Population 26,765 (2010) Rayon Fuzuli District | Elevation 416 m (1,365 ft) Area code(s) +994 141 Local time Sunday 3:22 AM | |
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Country Azerbaijan (de jure)
Nagorno-Karabakh (de facto) Weather 5°C, Wind N at 8 km/h, 98% Humidity | ||
Füzuli (also known as Fizuli, Karjagino, Karyagino, or Sardar) is a city and the capital of the western Hadrut Region of Nagorno Karabakh Republic. Due to the ongoing war, it is currently an uninhabited ghost town.
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Map of Fuzuli District, Azerbaijan
History
Once known as Qarabulaq, the village was renamed Karyagino in 1827 to honour Pavel Karyagin, a Russian military hero of the Russo-Persian War. It was renamed in 1959, in honour of the 16th-century poet Fuzûlî. During the 1993 Summer Offensives of the Nagorno-Karabakh War, Fizuli was captured by Armenian forces and - though parts of the surrounding region were later retaken - the city itself remains in occupied territory, essentially a ghost town.
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Notable natives
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