Stepanakert (Armenian:ՍտեփանակերտStepanakert) or Khankendi (Azerbaijani: Xankəndi), originally called Vararakn (Armenian:Վարարակն), is the capital and the largest city of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, a de facto independent republic within the international borders of Azerbaijan. As of 2015, the population of Stepanakert is 55,200.