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Agdam
Ağdam (also, Agdam and Aghdam) is a ghost town in the southwest part of Azerbaijan and the capital of its Agdam Rayon. In July 1993, after heavy fighting, Agdam was captured by the forces of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic during its 1993 summer offensives. As the town fell, its entire population was forced to flee eastwards. In the immediate aftermath of the fighting, the Armenian forces decided to destroy much of Agdam to prevent its recapture by Azerbaijan.〔Nicolas Holding, "Armenia with Nagorno Karabagh – Bradt Travel Guide", 2003, p200.〕 More damage occurred in the following decades when the deserted town was looted for building materials. Agdam is currently ruinous and uninhabited and empty.〔(Города-призраки. Агдам – жертва мести, памятник глупости. ) 〕 The town's large Aghdam Mosque survives intact but in a derelict condition.
==Etymology==
The city's name is of Azerbaijani origin and means ''White House'', in which ''ağ'' means "white" and ''dam'' is ''house'' or "attic", thus referring to a ''bright sun-lit, white house'' which was given by Panah Ali Khan of Karabakh Khanate.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.mct.gov.az/?/en/cities/view/291/&PHPSESSID=9a46558c17848f02844381fbb6cfe889 )〕
Another possibility is that it was derived from ancient Turkic glossary meaning "small fortress". In the distant past, Turkic speaking tribes built small fortresses for their protection and safety.〔
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