Lachin Rayon

Lachin (Azerbaijani: Laçın) is a rayon o Azerbaijan. The caipital is the ceety o Lachin. The region haes been controlled bi the brakwa Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, as pairt o its Qashatagh Province, syne the Nagorno-Karabakh War.

Lachin (Laçın) Rayon

Cairt o Azerbaijan showin Lacin rayon
Population:	(Soviet census, 1989) 47,339[1] (offeecial Azerbaijani data bi Januar 1, 2009) 72,000[2]
Aurie (km2.):	1,840
Zip Code:	AZ4100

Upon the captur o Lachin rayon, Armenie forces forcefully displacit its entire Azeri an Kurdish population^[3] an resettled the region wi Armenie refugees frae Azerbaijan, settlers frae Armenie an ethnic Armenies frae ither kintras apparently wi promises o land, livestock an social benefits.^[3][4] The main land-link atween Armenie an the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, kent as the Lachin corridor, crosses its territory. The Lachin Kurdish Republic wis briefly proclaimit in 1992 durin the Nagorno-Karabakh War for Kurdish indwallers.

In the first hauf o 2011, 300 Armenie families wur settled in Lachin ^[5]

Kurdish autonomous destrict

Relatit page: Kurdistan Uyezd

Atween 1923 tae 1929,^[6] Lachin wis established as the Kurdistan Uyezd, an autonomous Soviet destrict.