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23 AUGUST - ANNIVERSARY OF ARMENIAN OCCUPATION OF FIZULI AND JABRAIL
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Aug 23, 2011
Azerbaijan
Armenian armed forces occupied Fizuli and Jabrail districts in
southwest Azerbaijan 18 years ago today, on 23 August 1993.
On 23 August 1993, Armenian forces occupied Jabrayil District and
the western part (125,368 hectares) of Fizuli District, including
the district centre, Fizuli, and 51 villages. Some 61,100 people in
Jabrayil were forced to flee their homes and 55,000 in Fizuli.
The Armenian attacks on Fizuli District began in 1988 at the start
of the war over the Azerbaijani territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. Over
1,100 Fizuli residents were killed in the occupation, 113 were taken
hostage and 1,450 became disabled.
Jabrayil and Fizuli districts cover an area from the southeastern
slopes of the Karabakh mountain range to the Araz river, which forms
the border with Iran. Jabrayil is bordered to the west by Gubadli
and Zangilan districts and by Fizuli district to the east. In turn
Fizuli borders on Agjabadi and Baylagan districts.
There are 13 settlements and 20 villages in the parts of Fizuli
District liberated from occupation. Twelve of the settlements were
built after liberation and the families of displaced persons live
there temporarily. Some 51,000 displaced persons are settled in
the territory.
Fizuli District has a variety of geological deposits, including
limestone at Dovlatyarli and Dilagar, clay suitable for bricks and
tiles at Kurdmahmudlu and sand and gravel at Guruchay.
Fizuli's distinctive flora included 11 plane trees between 200 and
1,400 years of age.
The Ecology Ministry's Centre for the Assessment of the Destructive
Impact on the Environment and Natural Resources in the Occupied
Azerbaijani Territories found that the Armenians had cut down trees
in the villages of Dovlatyarli and Gochahmadli in Fizuli District,
destroyed vegetation in Yaglivand village and between 2006 and 2009
burned over 35,000 hectares of land.
From: A. Papazian
news.az
Aug 23, 2011
Azerbaijan
Armenian armed forces occupied Fizuli and Jabrail districts in
southwest Azerbaijan 18 years ago today, on 23 August 1993.
On 23 August 1993, Armenian forces occupied Jabrayil District and
the western part (125,368 hectares) of Fizuli District, including
the district centre, Fizuli, and 51 villages. Some 61,100 people in
Jabrayil were forced to flee their homes and 55,000 in Fizuli.
The Armenian attacks on Fizuli District began in 1988 at the start
of the war over the Azerbaijani territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. Over
1,100 Fizuli residents were killed in the occupation, 113 were taken
hostage and 1,450 became disabled.
Jabrayil and Fizuli districts cover an area from the southeastern
slopes of the Karabakh mountain range to the Araz river, which forms
the border with Iran. Jabrayil is bordered to the west by Gubadli
and Zangilan districts and by Fizuli district to the east. In turn
Fizuli borders on Agjabadi and Baylagan districts.
There are 13 settlements and 20 villages in the parts of Fizuli
District liberated from occupation. Twelve of the settlements were
built after liberation and the families of displaced persons live
there temporarily. Some 51,000 displaced persons are settled in
the territory.
Fizuli District has a variety of geological deposits, including
limestone at Dovlatyarli and Dilagar, clay suitable for bricks and
tiles at Kurdmahmudlu and sand and gravel at Guruchay.
Fizuli's distinctive flora included 11 plane trees between 200 and
1,400 years of age.
The Ecology Ministry's Centre for the Assessment of the Destructive
Impact on the Environment and Natural Resources in the Occupied
Azerbaijani Territories found that the Armenians had cut down trees
in the villages of Dovlatyarli and Gochahmadli in Fizuli District,
destroyed vegetation in Yaglivand village and between 2006 and 2009
burned over 35,000 hectares of land.
From: A. Papazian