The administrative centre of the district was the town of
Martuni. The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast was
abolished on 26 November 1991. On 13 October 1992, the Martuni district was merged with the
Hadrut district to form the
Khojavend District. Following the
First Nagorno-Karabakh war, most of the former district came under the control of the
self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh and was incorporated into its
Martuni Province, while
Azerbaijan retained control of a small eastern part of the district. During the
2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, Azerbaijan recaptured the southern part of the former district. == Demographics ==