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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Askeran / Asgeran
| native_name = {{lang|hy|Ասկերան}} / Əsgəran
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| image_skyline = On the road north of Stepanakert. Askeran, Nagorno Karabakh (28008083240).jpg
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'''Askeran''' ({{lang-|hy|Ասկերան|translit=Askeran}}) or '''Mayraberd''' ({{Lang-|hy|Մայրաբերդ|translit=Mayraberd}};), also known by Azerbaijani as (''{{lang-az|Əsgəran}}''), is a town ''[[de facto]]'' in the [[Republic of Artsakh]] as the administrative centre of its [[Askeran Province]], ''[[de jure]]'' in the [[Khojaly District]] of [[Azerbaijan]]. It is approximately 7 miles northeast of the regional capital, [[Stepanakert]].<ref name= Ekbal>{{Encyclopædia Iranica Online|last=Ekbal|first=Kamran|title=ʿASKARĀN|url=https://iranicaonline.org/articles/askaran|year=2002}}</ref> The town has an ethnic [[Armenians|Armenian]]-majority population, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.<ref>{{cite web|author=Zubov|first=Andrei|date=1 October 2020|title=Карабах: Мир и Война|url=https://drugoivzgliad.com/karabach-mir-i-voina-a-zubov/|url-status=live|website=drugoivzgliad.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020150302/https://drugoivzgliad.com/karabach-mir-i-voina-a-zubov/ |archive-date=20 October 2020 }}</ref>
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