Lachin Rayon

Lachin () 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.

Upon the captur o Lachin rayon, Armenie forces forcefully displacit its entire Azeri an Kurdish population 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. 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 

Kurdish autonomous destrict

Atween 1923 tae 1929, Russia and the problem of Kurds  Lachin wis established as the Kurdistan Uyezd, an autonomous Soviet destrict.

References

Freemit airtins
Demographic Crisis in Lachin 
An eyewitness report o conditions in 2001
State Statistical Committee o Azerbaijan Republic. Population o Azerbaijan 

Category:Destricts o Azerbaijan
Category:Azerbaijani admeenistrative diveesions o Nagorno-Karabakh