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Coordinates: 39°59′35″N 46°55′50″E / 39.99306°N 46.93056°E / 39.99306; 46.93056

Ağdam
Ağdam
Coordinates: 39°59′35″N 46°55′50″E / 39.99306°N 46.93056°E / 39.99306; 46.93056
Country	Azerbaijan
Rayon	Agdam
Population (2008)
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Ağdam (also, Agdam and Aghdam) was a town in the southwestern part of Azerbaijan and the capital of its Agdam Rayon. In July 1993, after heavy fighting, Agdam was captured by the forces of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic during its 1993 summer offensives. As the town fell its entire population fled eastwards. In the immediate aftermath of the fighting, the Armenian forces decided to destroy much of Agdam to prevent its recapture by Azerbaijan. ^[1] More damage occurred in the following decades when the deserted town was looted for building materials. Agdam is currently a ruinous, uninhabited ghost town. ^[2] However, the town's large mosque survives in good condition.

See also

• Nagorno-Karabakh war
• Azerbaijan

References

External links

• Fleeing from Aghdam. Refugee poem
• World Gazetteer: Azerbaijan – World-Gazetteer.com
• Pictures of the deserted town: "Abandoned War-Torn City of Agdam, Azerbaijan"
• Pictures of the deserted town: "Aghdam"

Agdam Rayon Capital: Agdam Abdal, Adigozalbegly, Ağdamkənd, Aliağalı, Alıbəyli, Ayaq Qərvənd, Bağbanlar, Baharlı, Baharlı, Ballar, Baş Günəypəyə, Baş Qərvənd, Bənövşələr, Bəybabalar, Birinci Alıbəyli, Birinci Baharlı, Birinci Dördyol, Birinci Quzanlı, Birinci Yüzbaşılı, Boyəhmədli, Böyükbəyli, Bozavend, Cavahirli, Çəmənli, Çıraxlı, Çullu, Çullu, Çuxurməhlə, Dadaşlı, Daşbaşı, Dirvellyar, Dzhinli, Əfətli, Əhmədağalı, Əhmədavar, Əlimədədli, Ətyeməzli, Evoğlu, Eyvazlı, Gəngərli, Göytəpə, Gülablı, Güllücə, Hacıməmmədli, Hacıturalı, Həsənxanlı, İkinci Alıbəyli, İkinci Baharlı, İkinci Dördyol, İkinci Yüzbaşılı, İlxıçılar, İmamqulubəyli, Imeni Revolyutsii, İsalar, İsmayıbəylı, Karadagly, Kəbləhüseynli, Khachindorbatly, Kiçikli, Kolqışlaq, Kosalar, Küdürlü, Kürdlər, Mafruzly, Mahrızlı, Maqsudlu, Məliki, Məmmədbağırlı, Mərzili, Mirəşelli, Mollalar, Mollalar, Muğanlı, Muradbeyli, Naibly, Nəmirli, Novruzlu, Orta Günəypəyə, Orta Qərvənd, Orta Qışlaq, Papravənd, Paşabəyli, Pərioğlular, Poladlı, Qalayçılar, Qaradağlı, Qarapirimli, Qasımbəyli, Qasımlı, Qazançı, Qəhrəmanbəyli, Qərvənd, Qiyaslı, Qızıl Kəngərli, Qurdlar, Quzanlı, Rzalar, Salahlı Kəngərli, Sarıcalı, Sarıçoban, Sarıhacılı, Saybalı, Səfərli, Seidli, Şelli, Şirvanlı, Sırxavənd, Şişpapaqlar, Sıxbabalı, Şıxlar, Sofulu, Şotlanlı, Şükürağalı, Şükürbəyli, Suma, Şuraabad, Tağıbəylı, Tarnöyüt, Təzəkənd, Uchoglan, Üçoğlan, Vrikakaler, Xıdırlı, Xındırıstan, Yeniyel, Yusifcanlı, Yusifli, Zəngişalı

From Wikitravel

Agdam was a city in Southern Azerbaijan. Today the city which bustled with life just 15 years ago is under Nagorno-Karabakh control, completely deserted and in ruins; it is known as the "Hiroshima of Azerbaijan" and is under Armenian control. Officials of Nagorno-Karabakh advise travelers to stay away from the city, due to its close approximaty to Azerbaijan border.