Istisu
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| Coordinates: 39°56′53″N 45°57′42″E / 39.94806°N 45.96167°E / 39.94806; 45.96167 | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| District | Kalbajar |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
İstisu (Istisu, lit. 'warm water'inAzerbaijani) is a village in the Kalbajar DistrictofAzerbaijan.
Situated in a river valley, Istisu has historically been a resort town, and during the Soviet period, it attracted people from all over the USSR to be treated at the mineral-springs baths located in the area.[1]
In the early Middle Ages, the royal baths of the rulers of Caucasian Albania were located in İstisu.[2] There is a resort in the town, known as Istisu resort.
The village was located in the Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, coming under the control of ethnic Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in the early 1990s. The village subsequently became part of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as part of its Shahumyan Province, referred to as Jermajur (Armenian: Ջերմաջուր). In 2018 it was reported that work has begun on a privately funded factory to produce mineral water.[1] İstisu was returned to Azerbaijan on 25 November 2020 as part of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement.
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