Geography
Location:Southwest part of Azerbaijan (had no common border with Armenia)
Territory:4, 400 square km (1700 sq miles)
Demography
Population
- At present: estimated to be around 100,000-160,000
- Before the conflict: 185,000 (1989)
National composition
- At present: 100% Armenian
- Before the conflict: 75% Armenian, 25% Azeri (1989)
Crisis
-Azerbaijan:200,000
-Armenia:229,000 (by other reports 300,000-400,000)
Internally Displaced Persons (IDP’s)
-Azerbaijan (“mainland”): 650,000+
-Armenia:almost none
-Armenians in Mountainous Karabakh: approximately 15,000
-Nakhichevan AR of Azerbaijan: almost none
Losses from both sides during the conflict
-Killed:25,000-30,000
Other impacts:
–ethnic cleansing committed against Azeris in Armenia and in the occupied 20 % of Azerbaijan;
–partial ethnic cleansing against the Armenian population in the rest of Azerbaijan;
–billions of dollars of economic damage resulting from war destruction, embargo policies,
–environmental pollution etc. to both countries.