Jabrayil

Jabrayil (Azerbaijani: Cəbrayıl, IPA: [dʒæbɾɑˈjɯl] ) is a ghost city in Azerbaijan, nominally the administrative capital of Azerbaijan's Jabrayil District.

Jabrayil
Cəbrayıl
City and municipality
Ruins of the city after the First Nagorno-Karabakh War
Jabrayil
Coordinates: 39°24′00″N 47°01′34″E
Country Azerbaijan
DistrictJabrayil
Established1980
Elevation
569 m (1,867 ft)
Population
 (1989)
  Total0
Pre-war population was 6,070
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

A town with Azerbaijani majority and Armenian plurality at various times during the Russian imperial era, and Azerbaijani majority since the Soviet times, it is abandoned since its destruction by local Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.

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