Kalbajar (Azerbaijani: Kəlbəcər, Armenian: Քարվաճառ), also spelled as Kelbajar, Kälbäjär, Kelbadzhar, Kelbadshar, Kelbadjar, Kelbadžar; is a town and the provincial capital of Shahumyan Region of the de facto independent but unrecognized Republic of Artsakh (de jure Azerbaijan). It was captured by Armenian forces during the Battle of Kalbajar, near the end of the Nagorno-Karabakh War.[2]