Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast
autonomous oblast within the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, in the former Soviet Union
Key facts
- 1989
- 4,388 km (1,694 sq mi)
- Capital
- Stepanakert
- Type
- Autonomous oblast
- Established
- 7 July 1923
- Abolished
- 26 November 1991
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- Official name
- Muxtar Dağlıq Qarabağ Vilayəti
- Population
- 189100
- Area
- 4388
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- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1991-11-26
- inception
- 1923-07-07
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Today part ofAzerbaijan
The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO) was an autonomous oblast within the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic that was created on July 7, 1923. Its capital was the city of Stepanakert. The majority of the population were ethnic Armenians.
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