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Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast

The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO)[a] 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.[2][3][4]

For the geographical region, see Nagorno-Karabakh.

Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast

Stepanakert

 

4,388 km2 (1,694 sq mi)

 

189,085

Autonomous Oblast

 

7 July 1923

26 November 1991

Mardakert District (NKAO)

Martuni District (NKAO)

Shusha District (NKAO)

Askeran District (NKAO)

Hadrut District (NKAO)

There were five administrative divisions or raions in the NKAO :

Nagorno-Karabakh

Karabakh

Law of the Azerbaijan Republic of November 26, 1991 No. 279-XII About abolition of the Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous region of the Azerbaijan Republic

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