Welcome to Stepanakert!
Stepanakert or Khankendi (Armenian: Ստեփանակերտ, Azerbaijani: Xankəndi) is a nice small city and the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh. Stepanakert (Armenian: Ստեփանակերտ, romanized: Step'anakert), or Khankendi (Azerbaijani: Xankəndi, Azerbaijani), is the de facto capital and the largest city of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh, though internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan.
As of 2021, the population of Stepanakert is 75,000. A majority of its inhabitants are ethnic Armenians, and have been since censuses were first conducted in 1926 (see § Demographics and religion).
