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Shusha

city in Azerbaijan, the cultural capital of the country, administrative centre of the Shusha District
City City Q158903

Facts

19 properties

Identity

Instance of
city
Inception
1752[8]
Official website
www.shusha-ih.gov.az[10]
Native label
Şuşa[25]
Official name
Şuşa[24]

Location

Country
Azerbaijan, Russian Empire, Karabakh Khanate, Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, Republic of Artsakh, Transcaucasian Commissariat, Karabakh Council, Karabakh Council, Azerbaijan Democratic Republic[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 39.760°, 46.750°[9]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Shusha Uezd, Karabakh Khanate, Shusha District

Population and size

Area
+5.5[27]
Elevation above sea level
+1420[26]
Population
1.4k (1.4k–27k, n=5)[11][12][13][14][15]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 4,200 · 4,446 · 26,806 · 15,039 · 1,409 GeoNames 19,400 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗
More facts +8
Capital of
Karabakh Khanate, Shusha Uezd, Shusha District
Described by source
Otto's encyclopedia, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary, Azerbaijani Soviet Encyclopedia, Encyclopædia Britannica, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]
Geoshape
🗺️ View shape: Azerbaijan/Şuşa
Has part(s)
Wikidata item[7]
Head of government
Bayram Safarov[4]
Member of
League of Historical Cities[2]
Official language
Azerbaijani[5]
Vehicle registration plate code
58[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en Shushi en Shusha en Panahabad ar شوشة ar شوشى ar شوشا cs Šuša cs Şuşa de Schuschi de Şuşa şəhəri de Schuscha de AZ-SS el Σουσά es Shushi es Şuşa fa شهر شوشا fa شوشا fa شوشی fi Shusha fi Shushi
🔖 Identifiers · 30
VIAF cluster ID
144344671
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n87876123
GND ID
4393585-0
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Shusha general view.jpg ↗
Apple Maps "auid" identifier
16332322185702764504
Armeniapedia ID
1195, 8417
BBC Things ID
d9567efe-7587-4337-9aea-0d7aa432060f
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
178598347
FAST ID
1238400
FIPS 10-4 (countries and regions)
AJ56
FactGrid item ID
shounen-ai
Freebase ID
/m/055mzr
Show all 30 identifiers +18
GNS Unique Feature ID
-2708730
GeoNames ID
147105
Google Maps Customer ID
9559900354142933518
Grove Art Online ID
T078462
Islamic Art and Architecture ID
900
J9U entity ID
987007560282005171
Kulturenvanteri taxonomy ID
3030
Museum-digital place ID
96429
MusicBrainz area ID
77840301-ba38-4f8e-861c-e2ddba657251
NL CR AUT ID
ge1154671
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3983631
OpenStreetMap way ID
879244340
SNARC ID
Givors
Topic's main category
Category:Shusha
Wellcome Collection concept ID
gzjhmgzc
Who's on First ID
85668711
Wikimapia ID
137902
Yale LUX ID
place/63aa502d-4b6a-4246-b974-7557aaa2f419

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🔗 Connections
People born here 138
Armen Takhtajan, Khurshidbanu Natavan, Tofiq Bahramov, Bulbul, Nikolay Zinin, Süreyya Ağaoğlu, Karbalayi Safikhan Karabakhi, Ahmet Ağaoğlu +130 more
Located in this place 42
2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh, Yukhari Govhar Agha Mosque, Battle of Shusha, Shusha pogrom, Mardinli Mosque, Shusha Declaration, Ashaghi Govhar Agha Mosque, Battle of Shusha +34 more
People who died here 33
Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, Khurshidbanu Natavan, Molla Panah Vagif, Karbalayi Safikhan Karabakhi, Mir Mohsun Navvab, Albert Agarunov, Gasim bey Zakir, Sadigjan +25 more
Contained subdivisions 25
Ghazanchetsots Cathedral, Vagif Mausoleum, Zohrabbayovs' house, Khari Bulbul Music Festival, House-Museum of Bulbul, Shirin Su bathhouse, Shusha Museum of History, Caravanserai of Agha Gahraman Mirsiyab +17 more
← Place of burial 10
Mir Mohsun Navvab, Sadigjan, Ibrahim Khalil Khan, Abdulla bəy Asi, Bahman Mirza Qajar, Jafargulu agha Javanshir, İbrahim bəy Azər, Mahammadali bey Makhfi +2 more
Country 7
Azerbaijan, Russian Empire, Republic of Artsakh, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, Karabakh Khanate, Transcaucasian Commissariat
← Capital 6
Azerbaijan, Shusha District, Karabakh Khanate, Shushi Province, Shusha District, Shusha Uezd
Described by source 4
Encyclopædia Britannica, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Azerbaijani Soviet Encyclopedia, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
← Category combines topics 4
Category:Births in Şuşa, Category:People from Shusha, Category:Deaths in Shusha, Category:Mosques in Shusha
← Headquarters location 4
Diocese of Artsakh, Garabagh, Karabakh Union Assembly, Shushinskiy Listok
Capital of 3
Shusha District, Karabakh Khanate, Shusha Uezd
Located in the administrative territorial entity 3
Shusha District, Karabakh Khanate, Shusha Uezd
Residents 3
Armen Takhtajan, Stepan Aghajanian, Babken Sarkisov
← Terminus location 2
Victory Road, Ahmedbeyli–Fuzuli–Shusha highway
← Work location 2
Karbalayi Safikhan Karabakhi, Abdulvahab Salamzadeh
Category for people born here 1
Category:Births in Şuşa
Category for people who died here 1
Category:Deaths in Shusha
Category of associated people 1
Category:People from Shusha
FactGrid item ID 1
shounen-ai
Instance of 1
city
Located in time zone 1
UTC+04:00
Member of 1
League of Historical Cities
Official language 1
Azerbaijani
SNARC ID 1
Givors
Topic's main category 1
Category:Shusha
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Shusha
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Azerbaijan
← Destination point 1
1992 Azerbaijani Mil Mi-8 shootdown
← Place of publication 1
Garabagh
← Significant place 1
Shusha State Historical and Architectural Reserve
← Twinned administrative body 1
Veszprém
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Summary

Shusha is a city[1].

Related Entities

Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar Armen Takhtajan Azerbaijan city Givors Karabakh Union Assembly Russian Empire

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Class ancestry

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  1. 7w ago · A.pavliashvili · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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