{{Short description|District in southwestern Azerbaijan}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Fuzuli District | image_skyline = Secondary school No. 1 named after Mirzo Ulugbek in Fuzuli.jpg | image_caption = Secondary school No. 1 named after Mirzo Ulugbek in Fuzuli | type = District | parts_type = Settlements<ref name="preslib">{{cite web |url=https://files.preslib.az/projects/azerbaijan/gl2.pdf |title=İnzibati-ərazi vahidləri |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=preslib.az |publisher= |access-date=28 February 2021 |quote=}}</ref> | parts = 77 | established_title = Established | established_date = 4 January 1963 | image_map = Fuzuli District in Azerbaijan.svg | map_caption = Map of Azerbaijan showing Fuzuli District | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Azerbaijan}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Karabakh | population_as_of = 2020 | population_footnotes = <ref name="statgov">{{cite web |url=https://www.stat.gov.az/source/demoqraphy/ap/az/population_2020.zip |title=Population of Azerbaijan |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=stat.gov.az |publisher=State Statistics Committee |access-date=22 February 2021 |quote=}}</ref> | population_total = 133800 | area_total_km2 = 1390 | population_density_km2 = auto | leader_title = Governor | leader_name = Ali Aliyev | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 1900 | seat_type = Capital | seat = Fuzuli (nominal)<br>Horadiz (de facto) | timezone = AZT | utc_offset = +4 | website = {{URL|fuzuli-ih.gov.az}} }} thumb|Map of attractions in the Fuzuli District '''Fuzuli District''' ({{langx|az|Füzuli rayonu}}) is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the south-west of the country and belongs to the Karabakh Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Khojavend, Aghjabadi, Beylagan, Jabrayil, and the Ardabil Province of Iran.
Its capital is Fuzuli, however since the city is completely ruined following the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the current ''de facto'' capital is Horadiz until Fuzuli is rebuilt. As of 2020, the district had a nominal population of 133,800.<ref name="statgov" />
== History == The western half, including the capital, was captured by Armenian militias and controlled by the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, as a result of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. Horadiz became the temporary administrative centre of Fuzuli District due to the city of Fuzuli's occupation by Armenian forces on 23 August 1993.
On October 17, 2020, most of the occupied portion of the district including the capital Fuzuli was announced to have been recaptured by Azerbaijan during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.<ref>{{cite tweet |user=azpresident |number=1317354288243462147 |date=17 October 2020 |title=Fuzuli city and several villages were liberated! }}</ref>
On October 20, 2020, the Government of Azerbaijan announced the recapture of Dordchinar, Kurdlar, Yukhari Abdurrahmanli, Garghabazar, Ashaghi Veysalli and Yukhari Aybasanli villages of Fuzuli District from Armenian forces.<ref>{{Cite web|title=President Ilham Aliyev: Zangilan city and 6 villages of the district, 18 villages of Fuzuli, Jabrayil, and Khojavand districts were liberated|url=https://azertag.az/en/xeber/President_Ilham_Aliyev_Zangilan_city_and_6_villages_of_the_district_18_villages_of_Fuzuli_Jabrayil_and_Khojavand_districts_were_liberated-1619199|access-date=2020-10-21|website=Azerbaijan State News Agency}}</ref> Six more villages (Gejagozlu, Ashaghi Seyidahmadli, Zargar, Mollavali, Yukhari Rafadinli and Ashaghi Rafadinli) of the district were reportedly recaptured between October 21 and 22, according to Azerbaijani sources.<ref>{{Cite web|title=President Ilham Aliyev: Azerbaijani Army liberated 3 villages of Fuzuli district, 4 villages of Jabrayil district|url=https://mod.gov.az/en/news/president-ilham-aliyev-azerbaijani-army-liberated-3-villages-of-fuzuli-district-4-villages-of-jabrayil-district-33193.html|access-date=2020-10-22|website=MINISTRY OF DEFENCE OF THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=President Ilham Aliyev: Azerbaijani Army liberated 3 villages of Fuzuli district, 5 villages of Jabrayil district|url=https://azertag.az/en/xeber/1620627|access-date=2020-10-23|website=State News Agency of Azerbaijan}}</ref>
== Displaced People == IDPs from Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions were moved to the Fuzuli District from tent settlements around the country to live in new houses built by the government.<ref>{{cite news | url= http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav072607.shtml | title= Azerbaijan: Life on the Frontlines| publisher= Eurasia.net | date= 2007-07-05| access-date=2010-10-07}}</ref>
== See also == * Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == *[https://web.archive.org/web/20091114093402/http://www.azstat.org/statinfo/demoqraphic/en/2_1.shtml State Statistical Committee of Azerbaijan Republic. Population of Azerbaijan]
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