Lachin

Lachin (Azerbaijani: Laçın, Armenie: Բերդձոր Berddzor, Kurdish: Laçîn‎; an aw Abdallyar, Datschin) is a toun in Azerbaijan an the regional centre o the Lachin Rayon. Syne 1992 the aurie haes been unner the control o the de facto unthirld unrecognizit Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, which haes renamit the toun Berdzor. The toun an its surroondin region serve as the strategic Lachin corridor connectin the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic wi Armenie. Wi aboot 1,700 indwallers in 2009 (doun frae 2,300 in 2005), population nummers are still declinin despite a proactive dounset policy bi the authorities. Notes Template:Lachin Rayon