Fuzuli (city)
Fuzuli (Azerbaijani: Füzuli ⓘ) is a city and the capital of the Fuzuli District of Azerbaijan.
Fuzuli
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Ruins of a Soviet-era bus stop in Fuzuli | |
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| Coordinates: 39°36′01″N 47°08′35″E | |
| Country | Azerbaijan |
| District | Fuzuli |
| Founded | 1827 |
| Elevation | 416 m (1,365 ft) |
| Population (2023) | |
| • Total | 928 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
| Area code | +994 141 |
The city had a population of 17,090 before its occupation by Armenian forces on 23 August 1993, during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, which resulted in the expulsion of the local Azerbaijani population and the city becoming a ghost town. However people are slowly starting to return.
On 17 October 2020, Azerbaijani forces recaptured the city during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.
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