In those areas of the country controlled by Armenians, all ethnic Azerbaijanis have fled, and the mosques that had not been destroyed remained inactive.
Throughout the 1990s there was a large no-man's land market here largely operated by ethnic Azerbaijanis from Georgia's Marneuli area.
Today the vast majority of the population of Baku are ethnic Azerbaijanis (more than 90%).
Baku has been a cosmopolitan city at certain times during its history, meaning ethnic Azerbaijanis did not constitute the majority of population.
According to the 2002 census, there are 284,761 ethnic Azerbaijanis living in Georgia.
Dozens of the town's residents, Chechens mostly, but also ethnic Azerbaijanis and Georgians, fled that night.
In the same year an expulsion of 300,000 ethnic Azerbaijanis was commenced in Armenia.
Its population is estimated to be around 30,000, the dominant majority of whom are ethnic Azerbaijanis.
Besides ethnic Azerbaijanis, there were also Jews and Lezgis.
More than 90% of the people are ethnic Azerbaijanis.