ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Getabek 146 Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Getabek (District)

Location

The administrative district of Getabek, established in 1930, occupies an area of 1,225 square kilometres and comprises 112 residential settlements, including 111 villages.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 220.

Geographical Environment

It borders on Touz, Shamkhor and Dashkesan Districts of the Republic of Azerbaijan as well as Tavush Marz and the subdisricts of Karmir and Vardenis within Gegharkunik Marz of the Republic of Armenia. With the total devastation of the Armenian village of Ghazakh-Getabak in 1918, the entire district was stripped of its inhabitants.