Kalbajar-Lachin was one of ten former economic regions of

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. It bordered

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to the west and

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to the south, as well as the economic regions of Upper Karabakh — almost congruous with the

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-inhabited

Nagorno-Karabakh Nagorno-Karabakh (, ; ) is a region in Azerbaijan, covering the southeastern stretch of the Lesser Caucasus mountain range. Part of the greater region of Karabakh, it spans the area between Lower Karabakh and Syunik Province, Syunik. Its ter ...

— and Ganja-Gazakh. The region consisted of the districts of Kalbajar,

Lachin Lachin (, , ; ) is a town in Azerbaijan and the administrative centre of the Lachin District. It was located within the strategic Lachin corridor, which used to link the Nagorno-Karabakh region with Armenia. The town was under control of Armen ...

, Qubadli and

Zangilan Zangilan (, ; ) is a city in Azerbaijan and the administrative centre of the Zangilan District. It is situated along the Voghji (Okhchuchay) river. Etymology According to the Armenian historian Hovhannes Gharagyozian, the town's historical ...

. On July 7, 2021, Azerbaijan reorganized its internal economic regions. During the process,

Ilham Aliyev Ilham Heydar Oghlu Aliyev (born 24 December 1961) is an Azerbaijani politician who has been the fourth president of Azerbaijan since 2003. He is also the leader of the New Azerbaijan Party since 2005. The son and second child of former Aze ...

created a new region out of Kalbajar-Lachin and the newly-captured

Jabrayil District Jabrayil District () is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the south-west of the country and belongs to the East Zangezur Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Khojavend, Fuzuli, Qubadli, Zangilan, and t ...

from

. The new region is now called the Eastern Zangezur Economic Region''.'' The name is motivated by Azerbaijani irredentism; it borders Armenia's Syunik province, implying that there is a "Western

Zangezur Zangezur () is a historical and geographical region in Eastern Armenia on the slopes of the Zangezur Mountains which largely corresponds to the Syunik Province of Armenia. It was ceded to Russia by Qajar Iran according to the Treaty of Gulistan ...

" – that is, Syunik itself.Laurence Boers,
Augmented Azerbaijan? The Return of Azerbaijani Irredentism
" ''Eurasianet'' 5 August 2021. For a long time, the Kalbajar-Lachin economic region had been known as agrarian region with large arable lands and pasture areas (sheep- and cattle breeding, livestock products, wool, fodder crops, beekeeping, wine, tobacco, grain-growing, etc.)https://apa.az/az/resmi-xeber/azerbaycanin-iqtisadi-rayonlarinin-yeni-bolgusu-tesdiqlenib-ferman-651583 Azərbaycanın iqtisadi rayonlarının yeni bölgüsü təsdiqlənib - FƏRMAN, apa.az

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