Martakert Province ( hy, Մարտակերտ) is a

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...

of the

Republic of Artsakh Artsakh, officially the Republic of Artsakh () or the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (),, is a list of states with limited recognition, breakaway state in the South Caucasus whose territory is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan ...

, ''de jure'' part of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The population is mainly Armenian. The province has 43 communities of which one is considered urban and 42 are rural.

Cultural sites

The Gandzasar monastery, the

Yeghishe Arakyal Monastery Yeghishe Arakyal Monastery ( hy, Եղիշե առաքյալի վանք, Yeghishe Arakyali Vank) or Monastery of Yeghishe the Apostle ( az, Müqəddəs Yelisey monastırı) is an Armenian Apostolic Church in Nagorno-Karabakh, located close to the vi ...

and the 17th century Armenian monastery

Yerits Mankants Yerits Mankants Monastery ( hy, Երից Մանկանց Վանք, lit= Three Youths Monastery) is a 17th-century Armenian monastery ''de facto'' in the Martakert Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh, ''de jure'' in the Tartar District o ...

are located in the province. The

Vankasar Monastery Vankasar Church ( hy, Վանքասարի եկեղեցի, az, Beşikdağ kilsəsi) is a 7th-century Armenian church located in Agdam District of Azerbaijan. It is built of cream colored stone, and it sits on a peak that allows it to be visible fro ...

is just outside the town of

Martakert Martakert ( hy, Մարտակերտ, also , ) or Aghdara ( az, Ağdərə ) is a town ''de facto'' in the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as the administrative capital of its Martakert Province, ''de jure'' in the Tartar District of Azerbaijan, in ...

. The archaeological site of Tigranakert of Artsakh is also located in the province, thought to have been founded in the 2nd-1st century B.C, it has been undergoing excavation since 2005. Some of the walls of the city, with Hellenistic-style towers, as well as Armenian basilicas dating to fifth to seventh centuries have been uncovered.

Cultural sites

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