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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Martuni District
| type = District
| image_skyline =
| image_caption =
| image_map = Martuni district NKAO location map.png
| subdivision_type = Autonomous region
| subdivision_name = {{flagicon|Azerbaijan SSR}} [[Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast]]
| subdivision_type2 = Country
| subdivision_name2 = {{flag|Azerbaijan SSR}}
| population_as_of = 1979
| population_total = 27742
| population_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 =
| population_density_km2 =
| established_title = Abolished
| established_date = 13 October 1992
| postal_code_type =
| postal_code =
| seat_type = Capital
| seat = [[Martuni, Nagorno-Karabakh|Martuni]]
| website =
| official_name =
}}
'''Martuni District''' ({{lang-az|Martuni rayonu, Мартуни рајону}}; {{lang-hy|Մարտունու շրջան}}) was an administrative unit within the former [[Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast]] (NKAO) of the [[Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last= |first= |url=http://bse.sci-lib.com/article079682.html |encyclopedia=[[Great Soviet Encyclopedia]] |title=Нагорно-Карабахская автономная область |trans-title=Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast |language=ru |edition= |date=1967 |volume= }}</ref>
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The administrative centre of the district was the town of [[Martuni, Nagorno-Karabakh|Martuni]].
The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast was [[Law on Abolishment of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast|abolished]] on 26 November 1991.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://e-qanun.az/print.php?internal=view&target=1&docid=6783&doctype=0 |title=Azərbaycan Respublikasının Dağlıq Qarabağ Muxtar Vilayətini ləğv etmək haqqında AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASININ QANUNU |trans-title=Law of Azerbaijan Republic on Abolishment of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of Azerbaijan Republic |access-date=2011-08-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424015234/http://e-qanun.az/print.php?internal=view&target=1&docid=6783&doctype=0 |archive-date=2012-04-24 }}</ref> On 13 October 1992, the Martuni district was merged with the [[Hadrut District (NKAO)|Hadrut district]] to form the [[Khojavend District]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://e-qanun.az/framework/7800 |title=Azərbaycan Respublikasının inzibati ərazi bölgüsündə qismən dəyişiklik edilməsi haqqında |language=az |archive-url= |access-date=10 February 2021 |date=13 October 1992}}</ref>
Following the [[First Nagorno-Karabakh war]], most of the former district came under the control of the [[Political status of Nagorno-Karabakh|self-proclaimed]] [[Republic of Artsakh]] and was incorporated into its [[Martuni Province]], while [[Azerbaijan]] retained control of a small eastern part of the district. During the [[2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war]], Azerbaijan recaptured the southern part of the former district.
== Demographics ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Population
! Ethnic
! Source
!1939▼
!1959▼
!1970▼
!1979▼
|-
| 93.6% [[Armenians]], 4.6% [[Azerbaijanis]], 1.4% [[Russians]]
▲|32 298
| Soviet Census<ref name=etnokavkaz>{{cite web |url=http://www.ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru/rnkarabax.html |title=НАСЕЛЕНИЕ НАГОРНОГО КАРАБАХА |author=<!--Not stated--> |language=ru |website=ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru |publisher=Etno Kavkaz }}</ref>
|24 841▼
|26 178▼
|27 742▼
|-
| 87.3% [[Armenians]], 11.9% [[Azerbaijanis]], 0.5% [[Russians]]
| [[Soviet Census (1959)|Soviet Census]]<ref name=etnokavkaz />
|-
| 85.5% [[Armenians]], 14.0% [[Azerbaijanis]], 0.2% [[Russians]]
| [[Soviet Census (1970)|Soviet Census]]<ref name=etnokavkaz />
|-
| 79.3% [[Armenians]], 19.8% [[Azerbaijanis]], 0.6% [[Russians]]
| [[Soviet Census (1979)|Soviet Census]]<ref name=etnokavkaz />
|-
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
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[[Category:History of the Republic of Artsakh]]▼
▲[[Category:Subdivisions of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast]]
[[Category:Subdivisions of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast]]
▲[[Category:History of the Republic of Artsakh]]
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