Shahumyan Province

Shahumyan Province was a province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh, de jure part of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The capital of the province was Karvachar. Shahumyan Province had 17 communities of which one is considered urban and 16 are rural. Its bordered Martakert Province to the east, Kashatagh Province to the south, Gegharkunik and Vayots Dzor provinces of Armenia to the west and Dashkasan, Goygol and Goranboy districts of Azerbaijan to the north.

The western part of the province was controlled by the Artsakh, while the northern part, originally the Shahumyan district of the Azerbaijani SSR - now part of the Goranboy District, remained under Azerbaijani control, which was claimed by Artsakh. The Shahumyan district was located outside of the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast; however, prior to the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, its population was mostly Armenian which was expelled during Operation Ring in 1991. While the Shahumyan Region was not part of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, representatives from Shahumyan declared independence along with the Oblast, and the proclamation of Artsakh includes the Shahumyan region within its borders.

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