Lachin is a district in the Republic of Azerbaijan. Its administrative center is Lachin city. This territory was established in 1930 and given the status of a district. It is considered occupied by Armenia since 1992.
History
It was originally known as Abdalyar or Abdallyar. It was granted town status in 1923 and renamed Lachin in 1926. The district has one city, one settlement and 125 villages. It is located in the south west of Azerbaijan and is predominantly mountainous. The district shares borders with Kalbajar district in the north, Khojali, Shusha and Khojavand districts in the east, Gubadli district in the south and Armenia in the west. Lachin district is an administrative rayon in the Republic of Azerbaijan. Established in 1930. Situated in the Lesser Caucasus, in the south-west of Azerbaijan. Bordered by Armenia on the west. It occupies an area of, while the population is 68,900. The capital is the city of Lachin. The area is mountainous. Lachin extends to the south-western slope of Karabakh ridge on the east, to the south-eastern slope of Mikhtokan ridge on the north, to Karabakh plateau on the south-west. The highest point is the Qızılboga mountain. Jurassic-anthropogenic sediments are spread. The rayon has mineral resources such as mercury, polymetals, building materials, Narzan-type mineral water springs. Mild warm and cold climate with dry winter prevails over the most of the area. The average temperature is from in January, to in July. Annual precipitation is. The rayon's river is Hakari and its tributaries. The most spread soil types are sod mountainous-meadow, brown mountainous-forest and carbonate mountainous-black. The vegetation comprises bushy and rare woods, deciduous mountain forests, sub-alpine and alpine meadows. Lachin is an agricultural region. Cattle-breeding occupies has a major place in its economy. There are 149 secondary schools, 2 pre-school and 5 extracurricular educational institutions, a vocational school, a children creativity center, 85 clubs, 119 libraries, 5 music schools, and 142 health facilities in the rayon. The cave-temple, mausoleums, a castle, a mosque, a palace, a bridge are registered architectural monuments in the territory of Lachin. Lachin was occupied on May 18, 1992, by the Armenian armed forces. Between 1923 and 1929, Lachin was established as the Kurdistan Uyezd, an autonomous Soviet district.
