Stepanakert in the Republic of Artsakh
Stepanakert
Armenian: Ստեփանակերտ | |
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City | |
From top left: Holy Mother of God Cathedral Renaissance Square • Downtown Stepanakert Stepanakert Airport • Stepanakert skyline Park Hotel Artsakh • We Are Our Mountains Artsakh University • Stepanakert Memorial | |
Location of Stepanakert in Artsakh, under its de facto borders from 2020 to 2023. | |
| Coordinates: 39°48′55″N 46°45′7″E / 39.81528°N 46.75194°E | |
| Country (de facto) | Artsakh |
| • Province | Stepanakert |
| City status | 1940 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor–Council |
| • Body | Stepanakert City Council |
| • Mayor | David Sargsyan (2023) |
| Area | |
• Total | 29.12 km2 (11.24 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 813 m (2,667 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 75,000 |
| • Density | 2,600/km2 (6,700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (GMT+4) |
| Area code | +374 47 |
| Website | stepanakert |
| Sources: Stepanakert city area and population | |
From the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 to the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh, the city of Stepanakert was the capital of the unrecognized breakaway Republic of Artsakh, while being internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan.
During this period, the city was a regional center of education and culture, being home to Artsakh University, musical schools, and a Palace of Culture. The economy was based on the service industry and had varied enterprises, food processing, wine making, and silk weaving being the most important. As of 2021, the population of Stepanakert was 75,000.