  stepanakert (; or khankendi (azerbaijani: xankÉndi); and originally called vararakn ()), is the capital and the largest city of the nagorno-karabakh republic, a de facto independent republic. the city population comprises about 53,000 people, mainly ethnic armenians. ==history== ===founding and soviet era=== [[file:stepanakert-ro
Districts_of_Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh Stepanakert