Eskipara | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Azerbaijan |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Azerbaijan |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Tartar |
Population Total: | 1029 |
Timezone: | AZT |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Timezone Dst: | AZT |
Utc Offset Dst: | +5 |
Coordinates: | 40.3°N 104°W |
Əskipara is a village and municipality in the Tartar District of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 1,029.
On 11 May 2016 the Armenian military reportedly bombed the territory of Eskipara with 122-mm calibre white phosphorus munitions prohibited by the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons.[1] On the same day military attaches from 13 countries reviewed the area where the white phosphorus munition had been fired.[2]