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| Town | |
 The centre of Hadrut | |
  Hadrut | |
| Coordinates: Template:Xb_type:city 39°31′00″N 47°01′48″E / 39.51667°N 47.03000°E / 39.51667; 47.03000 | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| District | Khojavend |
| Elevation | 720 m (2,360 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 4,100 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (UTC) |
Hadrut (Template:Lang-hy) is a town in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan. The town had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.
History
During the Soviet period, Hadrut became the centre of the Hadrut District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast within Azerbaijan SSR. Following the First Nagorno-Karabakh War the city became part of the Hadrut Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh.
During the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, heavy fighting took place in Hadrut, marked by the usage of cluster munitions by the Azerbaijani Army. Azerbaijani captured Hadrut on or around 9 October 2020.
The town has been vandalized and looted by Azerbaijani soldiers after its capture, with people's belongings strewn throughout the streets and the contents of homes upturned. The Armenian cemetery of the town's church has been vandalized as well, with its gravestones having been kicked down and smashed.
Population
The town of Hadrut had around 2,400 registered inhabitants in 1939 of which more than 90% was Armenian.
Economy
The town was home to the Mika-Hadrut Winery, which produced brandy, vodka, and wine.
Gallery
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General view of Hadrut
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A hotel in Hadrut
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View of Hadrut streets
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Surp Harutyun (Holy Resurrection) Church of Hadrut, opened in 1621
Climate
Hadrut has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) according to the Köppen climate classification.
| Climate data for Hadrut | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 4.5 (40.1) |
5.4 (41.7) |
9.2 (48.6) |
16.4 (61.5) |
20.2 (68.4) |
25.2 (77.4) |
28.3 (82.9) |
29.2 (84.6) |
23.7 (74.7) |
18.3 (64.9) |
11.6 (52.9) |
7.1 (44.8) |
16.6 (61.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −2.9 (26.8) |
−2.3 (27.9) |
0.8 (33.4) |
6.5 (43.7) |
10.8 (51.4) |
14.9 (58.8) |
18.0 (64.4) |
16.9 (62.4) |
13.9 (57.0) |
8.8 (47.8) |
3.7 (38.7) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
7.4 (45.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 22 (0.9) |
28 (1.1) |
42 (1.7) |
54 (2.1) |
79 (3.1) |
59 (2.3) |
25 (1.0) |
24 (0.9) |
31 (1.2) |
44 (1.7) |
34 (1.3) |
23 (0.9) |
465 (18.2) |
| Source: http://en.climate-data.org/location/52897/ | |||||||||||||
International relations
During the Armenian control, Hadrut was twinned with the following cities:
Vagarshapat, Armenia (from 2010)
Burbank, California, United States (from 2014)
References
- http://stat-nkr.am/files/publications/2015/LXH_tverov_2015.pdf
- Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
- "Azerbaijan: Cluster Munitions Used in Nagorno-Karabakh". Human Rights Watch. 2020-10-23. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
- "President of Azerbaijan: 'Hadrut settlement and several villages liberated from occupation'". APA.az. 9 October 2020. Archived from the original on 10 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
Azerbaijan's Hadrut settlement and several villages were liberated from Armenian aggressors, President Ilham Aliyev said this in his address to the nation, APA reports.
- "Azerbaijani MoD shows soldiers who liberated Hadrut from Armenian occupation (PHOTO)". Trend.Az. 2020-10-19. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
- PBS NewsHour - Uneasy peace takes hold in contested region of Azerbaijan
- Result of the Soviet census of 1939 of the Hadrut district "/Census Hadrut (in Russian)".
- "Mika-Hadrut at Spyur IS". Spyur.am. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "HADRUT". Էջմիածնի քաղաքապետարանի պաշտոնական կայք (Website of the City of Vagarshapat). Retrieved 2020-10-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Նորություններ - yerkir.am" [Hadrut (NKR) and Burbank (USA) have become sister cities]. www.yerkir.am. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
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