Admeenistrative diveesions o Azerbaijan
Poleetically, Azerbaijan is dividit intae:
- 59 destricts (rayonlar; sing.– rayon),
- 11 ceeties (şəhərlər; sing.– şəhər),
- 1 autonomous republic (muxtar respublika), which itsel contains:
- 7 destricts
- 1 ceety
This leet is for the main pairt o Azerbaijan; the rayons o Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic are leetit belaw an numbered separately. Some rayons are completely or pairtially in the sel-proclaimit Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, shown on the map in green; this is notit in the leet.
The rayons are further dividit intae municipalities.
Leet o admeenistrative diveesions
[eedit | eedit soorce]Contiguous Azerbaijan
[eedit | eedit soorce]Map ref. | Admeenistrative diveesion | Azerbaijani name | Caipital | Aurie[1] (km²) |
Population[1] (2011 est.) |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Absheron Rayon | Abşeron | Xirdalan | 1,360 | 192,900 | Includes an exclave in Baku |
2 | Aghjabadi Rayon | Ağcabədi | Aghjabadi | 1,760 | 124,000 | |
3 | Agdam Rayon | Ağdam | Agdam | 1,150 | 180,600 | |
4 | Agdash Rayon | Ağdaş | Agdash | 1,050 | 100,600 | |
5 | Agstafa Rayon | Ağstafa | Agstafa | 1,500 | 81,400 | |
6 | Agsu Rayon | Ağsu | Agsu | 1,020 | 72,100 | |
7 | Shirvan (ceety) | Şirvan | 30 | 78,700 | Namit Ali Bayramli (Əli Bayramlı) till 24 Aprile 2008 | |
8 | Astara Rayon | Astara | Astara | 620 | 98,300 | |
9 | Baku (ceety) | Bakı | 2,130 | 2,092,400 | Comprises 11 rayonlar | |
10 | Balakan Rayon | Balakən | Balakan | 920 | 91,100 | |
11 | Barda Rayon | Bərdə | Barda | 960 | 143,900 | |
12 | Beylagan Rayon | Beyləqan | Beylagan | 1,130 | 87,900 | |
13 | Bilasuvar Rayon | Biləsuvar | Bilasuvar | 1,400 | 90,300 | |
14 | Jabrayil Rayon | Cəbrayıl | Jabrayil | 1,050 | 72,700 | |
15 | Jalilabad Rayon | Cəlilabad | Jalilabad | 1,440 | 196,500 | |
16 | Dashkasan Rayon | Daşkəsən | Daşkəsən | 1,050 | 33,200 | |
17 | Shabran Rayon | Şabran | Shabran | 1,090 | 53,000 | Named Davachi (Dəvəçi) till 2010 |
18 | Fizuli Rayon | Füzuli | Fizuli | 1,390 | 118,900 | |
19 | Gadabay Rayon | Gədəbəy | Gadabay | 1,290 | 95,000 | Borders an exclave o Armenie |
20 | Ganja (ceety) | Gəncə | 110 | 316,300 | ||
21 | Goranboy Rayon | Goranboy | Goranboy | 1,760 | 96,200 | |
22 | Goychay Rayon | Göyçay | Goychay | 740 | 111,100 | |
23 | Hajigabul Rayon | Hacıqabul | Qazimemmed | 1,640 | 67,300 | |
24 | Imishli Rayon | İmişli | Imishli | 1,820 | 116,600 | |
25 | Ismailli Rayon | İsmayıllı | Ismailli | 2,060 | 80,900 | |
26 | Kalbajar Rayon | Kəlbəcər | Kalbajar | 3,050 | 83,200 | De facto pairtially in Nagorno-Karabakh Republic |
27 | Kurdamir Rayon | Kürdəmir | Kurdamir | 1,630 | 105,700 | |
28 | Lachin Rayon | Laçın | Lachin | 1,840 | 70,900 | |
29 | Lankaran Rayon | Lənkəran | Lankaran | 1,540 | 209,900 | |
30 | Lankaran (ceety) | Lənkəran | 70 | |||
31 | Lerik Rayon | Lerik | Lerik | 1,080 | 76,400 | |
32 | Masally Rayon | Masallı | Masally | 720 | 202,500 | |
33 | Mingachevir (ceety) | Mingəçevir | 130 | 97,800 | ||
34 | Naftalan (ceety) | Naftalan | 30 | 9,100 | ||
35 | Neftchala Rayon | Neftçala | Neftchala | 1,450 | 81,300 | |
36 | Oghuz Rayon | Oğuz | Oghuz | 1,220 | 40,900 | |
37 | Qabala Rayon | Qəbələ | Qabala | 1,550 | 95,600 | |
38 | Qakh Rayon | Qax | Qakh | 1,490 | 53,900 | |
39 | Qazakh Rayon | Qazax | Qazakh | 700 | 90,800 | Includes twa exclaves in Armenie |
40 | Gobustan Rayon | Gobustan | Gobustan | 1,370 | 41,100 | |
41 | Quba Rayon | Quba | Quba | 2,580 | 155,600 | |
42 | Qubadli Rayon | Qubadlı | Qubadli | 800 | 36,700 | |
43 | Qusar Rayon | Qusar | Qusar | 1,540 | 89,300 | |
44 | Saatly Rayon | Saatlı | Saatly | 1,180 | 95,100 | |
45 | Sabirabad Rayon | Sabirabad | Sabirabad | 1,470 | 155,400 | |
46 | Shaki Rayon | Şəki | Shaki | 2,430 | 173,500 | |
47 | Shaki (ceety) | Şəki | ||||
48 | Salyan Rayon | Salyan | Salyan | 1,790 | 124,900 | |
49 | Shamakhi Rayon | Şamaxı | Shamakhi | 1,610 | 93,700 | |
50 | Shamkir Rayon | Şəmkir | Shamkir | 1,660 | 196,100 | |
51 | Samukh Rayon | Samux | Nebiagali | 1,450 | 54,600 | |
52 | Siazan Rayon | Siyəzən | Siazan | 700 | 38,400 | |
53 | Sumqayıt (ceety) | Sumqayıt | 80 | 314,800 | ||
54 | Shusha Rayon | Şuşa | Shusha | 290 | 29,700 | De facto pairt o Nagorno-Karabakh Republic |
55 | Shusha (ceety) | Şuşa | De facto pairt o Nagorno-Karabakh Republic | |||
56 | Tartar Rayon | Tərtər | Tartar | 960 | 98,400 | De facto pairtially in Nagorno-Karabakh Republic |
57 | Tovuz Rayon | Tovuz | Tovuz | 1,900 | 160,700 | Borders an exclave o Armenie |
58 | Ujar Rayon | Ucar | Ujar | 850 | 79,800 | |
59 | Khachmaz Rayon | Xaçmaz | Khachmaz | 1,050 | 162,100 | |
60 | Khankendi (ceety) | Xankəndi | 8 | 55,200 | De facto caipital o Nagorno-Karabakh Republic namit Stepanakert | |
61 | Goygol Rayon | Xanlar | Goygol | 1,030 | 58,300 | Umwhile Khanlar |
62 | Khizi Rayon | Xızı | Khizi | 1,850 | 14,700 | |
63 | Khojali Rayon | Xocalı | Khojali | 940 | 26,500 | De facto pairt o Nagorno-Karabakh Republic |
64 | Khojavend Rayon | Xocavənd | Khojavend | 1,460 | 42,100 | De facto pairt o Nagorno-Karabakh Republic |
65 | Yardymli Rayon | Yardımlı | Yardymli | 670 | 59,600 | |
66 | Yevlakh Rayon | Yevlax | Yevlakh | 1,540 | 119,600 | |
67 | Yevlakh (ceety) | Yevlax | ||||
68 | Zangilan Rayon | Zəngilan | Zangilan | 710 | 40,500 | |
69 | Zaqatala Rayon | Zaqatala | Zaqatala | 1,350 | 120,300 | |
70 | Zardab Rayon | Zərdab | Zardab | 860 | 54,000 | |
Total | 81,100 | 8,700,600 |
Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
[eedit | eedit soorce] 1. Babek Rayon 2. Julfa Rayon 3. Kangarli Rayon 4. Nakhchivan (city) | 5. Ordubad Rayon 6. Sadarak Rayon 7. Shakhbuz Rayon 8. Sharur Rayon |
The territory o Nagorno-Karabakh presently forms pairt o Azerbaijani rayons o Khojavend, Tartar, Goranboy, Shusha and Kalbajar. In Soviet times the region wis kent as Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast; housomeivver on 26 November 1991, the Parliament o the Azerbaijan SSR abolished the autonomous status o the NKAO. Syne then the territory o the autonomous oblast haes been admeenistratively split atween the neighborin rayons, but maist o it remains unner the control o the ethnic Armenie forces frae Nagorno-Karabakh an Armenie[2] as result o the Nagorno-Karabakh War.
The seiven rayons an ane municipality o the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic are leetit an numbered separately.
Map ref. | Admeenistrative diveesion | Azerbaijani name | Capital | Aurie[1] (km²) |
Population[1] (2011 est.) |
Notes |
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1 | Babek Rayon | Babək | Babek | 900 | 65,100 | Umwhile kent as Nakhchivan; renamit efter Babak Khorramdin in 1991 |
2 | Julfa Rayon | Culfa | Julfa | 1,000 | 42,600 | An aw spelled Jugha or Dzhulfa. |
3 | Kangarli Rayon | Kəngərli | Givraq | 680 | 28,600 | Split frae Babek in Mairch 2004 |
4 | Nakhchivan (ceety) | Naxçıvan | 130 | 84,700 | Split frae Nakhchivan (Babek Rayon) in 1991 | |
5 | Ordubad Rayon | Ordubad | Ordubad | 970 | 46,100 | Split frae Julfa durin Sovietization[3] |
6 | Sadarak Rayon | Sədərək | Sədərək | 150 | 14,400 | Split frae Sharur in 1990; includes the Karki exclave in Armenie |
7 | Shakhbuz Rayon | Şahbuz | Shahbuz | 920 | 23,200 | Split frae Nakhchivan (Babek) durin Sovietization[3] Territory roughly corresponds tae the Čahuk (Չահւք) destrict o the historic Syunik region athin the Kinrick o Armenie[3]:p.123 |
8 | Sharur Rayon | Şərur | Sharur | 810 | 105,400 | Umwhile kent as Bash-Norashen durin its incorporation intae the Soviet Union an Ilyich (efter Vladimir Ilyich Lenin) frae the post-Sovietization period tae 1990[3] |
Total | 5,560 | 410,100 |
See an aw
[eedit | eedit soorce]References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ a b c d "Territories, number, density of population and territorial units by economic and administrative regions of Azerbaijan Republic" Archived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine, The State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
- ↑ "The CIA World Factbook". Archived frae the original on 9 Julie 2016. Retrieved 4 Januar 2012. "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 10 Juin 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2022.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ↑ a b c d Hewsen, Robert H. (2001). Armenia: A Historical Atlas. University of Chicago Press. Cite has empty unkent parameter:
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