Horadiz

Horadiz (also anglicized as Goradiz) is a city and municipality in the Fuzuli District of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 3,950.

Horadiz
Municipality
Horadiz
Coordinates: 39°26′52″N 47°20′11″E
Country Azerbaijan
DistrictFuzuli
Population
  Total7,600
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

During the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, it came under the control of local Armenian forces, who controlled it from 24 October 1993 to 5 January 1994, when it was retaken by Azerbaijani Armed Forces. Horadiz was granted city status on 23 October 2007. It was designated as the temporary capital of the Fuzuli district until the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, when Azerbaijan recaptured the district.

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