Armenian cultural monuments, which include monasteries, churches, chapels, fortresses, khachkars and inscriptions. The most well-known is the monasteries of Dadivank and Gandzasar. Economy In 2022, the small 4.4 MW hydroelectric power plant Kelbajar-1 was taken into operation. Demographics As of 1979 the region had a population of 40,516: Azerbaijanis 99.5% (40,329) Armenians 0.1% (49) Lezgins 0.1% (30) Russians 0.1% (46) In 1980, the population excluding Nagorno Karabakh was 40,300, counting 124 settlements. 8 of these settlements were Kurdish. The population grew to 43,713 by 1989. As of 1999, the population in the Kalbajar District including part of the now-abolished Mardakert District was 66,211, however the census counts were not carried out in Armenian-occupied parts of Kalbajar: Azerbaijanis 83.2% (55,082) Armenians 14.8% (9,794) Lezgins 0,1% (9) Kurds 1.9% (1,248) Russians 0.1% (23) Other 0.1% (45) During Armenian occupation Starting in the early 2000s, the district was slowly repopulated by Armenian settlers from eastern Shahumyan and Gulustan area. According to 2005 census carried out by the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh, 2,560 Armenians were living in the western part of the Shahumyan Province, which roughly corresponded to the Soviet Kalbajar District. The number grew to 2,800 by 2006. By 2015, the number of Armenians who had settled in the district had grown to 3,090 according to the statistics provided by Artsakh. However, the international observers provided different figures. An OSCE Fact-Finding Mission visited the occupied territories of Azerbaijan in 2005 to inspect settlement activity in the area and report its findings to the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group. According to FFM figures, at that time the number of Armenian settlers in Kalbajar District was approximately 1,500. The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs, who conducted a Field Assessment Mission to the occupied territories of Azerbaijan in October 2010 reported that there was no significant growth in the population since 2005. Villages Xanməmməd-Bünaən See also Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh Battle of Kalbajar List of power stations in Azerbaijan References Districts of Azerbaijan