Jabrayil

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Jabrayil is a town in southwestern Azerbaijan that became a key strategic location and symbol of territorial gains during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Jabrayil canonical 2
Jabrayil region 1

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf town
administrativeDivisionOf Azerbaijan
conflict Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
conflictEvent capture by Armenian forces in early 1990s
recapture by Azerbaijan in 2020
country Azerbaijan
Republic of Azerbaijan
linked to: Azerbaijan
hasAlternativeTransliteration Jabrail
linked to: Jibril

Jebrail
hasNameInAzerbaijani Cəbrayıl
hasRole district center
hasStrategicImportance yes
hasType municipality
settlement
is de jure part of Azerbaijan
isSubjectOf international news coverage during 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war
languageMajorityBeforeOccupation Azerbaijani
locatedIn Asia
Caucasus
Jabrayil District
South Caucasus
Southwestern Azerbaijan
Transcaucasia
linked to: South Caucasus
locatedOn left bank of the Aras River region
nearBorderWith Iran
occupationStartYear 1993
partOf Jabrayil District
post2020Status under Azerbaijani control
postWarProcess demining
infrastructure restoration
reconstruction
preWarPopulationTrend depopulated after 1990s conflict
recaptureDate 2020-10-04
region Karabakh economic region (Azerbaijan’s administrative division after 2020)
religionMajorityBeforeOccupation Islam
strategicReason controls access routes in southern front of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone
symbolOf territorial gains for Azerbaijan in 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war
timezone AZT
utcOffset +4
wasOccupiedBy Armenian forces
wasOccupiedDuring First Nagorno-Karabakh War
wasRecapturedBy Azerbaijani forces
wasRecapturedDuring 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Karabakh region (broad sense) hasPart Jabrayil region
linked to: Jabrayil
Qaryagin uezd capital Jabrayil