Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan is administratively divided into the following subdivisions:

• 59 districts (rayonlar; sing.– rayon),


• 11 cities (şəhərlər; sing.– şəhər),


• 1 autonomous republic (muxtar respublika), which itself contains:
  
  
  
  • 7 districts
  
  
  • 1 city
  
  
  
  

The rayons are further divided into municipalities (Bələdiyyəsi).

Additionally, Azerbaijan is subdivided into 9 (economic) regions (İqtisadi Rayonar; sing.– İqtisadi Rayonu).^[1]
This is not an administrative division. Each region contains a number of districts. The Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic forms a separate, the 10th economic region.

Contents

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  1 Regions and Autonomous Republic
  


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  2 Administrative divisions
  
  
  
  • 
    2.1 Contiguous Azerbaijan
    
  
  
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    2.2 Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
    
  
  
  
  


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  3 See also
  


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  4 References
  

Regions and Autonomous Republic

The ten regions of Azerbaijan.

1. Absheron 2. Ganja-Qazakh 3. Shaki-Zaqatala 4. Lankaran 5. Quba-Khachmaz

6. Aran 7. Yukhari-Karabakh 8. Kalbajar-Lachin 9. Daglig-Shirvan 10. Nakhchivan

Map ref.	Region/Autonomous Republic	Area (km2)	Population
1	Absheron	5,420	2,613,300
2	Ganja-Qazakh	12,480	1,191,700
3	Shaki-Zaqatala	8,969	543,400
4	Lankaran	6,140	926,500
5	Guba-Khachmaz	6,960	498,400
6	Aran	23,375	1,893,036
7	Yukhari-Karabakh	7,253.5	628,200
8	Kalbajar-Lachin	6,400	231,300
9	Mountainous Shirvan	6,060	287,800
10	Nakhchivan	5,550	414,900

Administrative divisions

Contiguous Azerbaijan

The administrative divisions of Azerbaijan. The divisions of the Nakhchivan exclave are listed in the next section.

1. Absheron District 2. Aghjabadi District 3. Agdam District 4. Agdash District 5. Agstafa District 6. Agsu District 7. Shirvan (city) 8. Astara District 9. Baku (city) 10. Balakan District 11. Barda District 12. Beylagan District 13. Bilasuvar District 14. Jabrayil District 15. Jalilabad District 16. Dashkasan District 17. Shabran District 18. Fizuli District 19. Gadabay District 20. Ganja (city) 21. Goranboy District 22. Goychay District 23. Hajigabul District 24. Imishli District 25. Ismailli District 26. Kalbajar District 27. Kurdamir District 28. Lachin District 29. Lankaran District 30. Lankaran (city) 31. Lerik District 32. Masally District 33. Mingachevir (city) 34. Naftalan (city) 35. Neftchala District

36. Oghuz District 37. Qabala District 38. Qakh District 39. Qazakh District 40. Gobustan District 41. Quba District 42. Qubadli District 43. Qusar District 44. Saatly District 45. Sabirabad District 46. Shaki District 47. Shaki (city) 48. Salyan District 49. Shamakhi District 50. Shamkir District 51. Samukh District 52. Siazan District 53. Sumqayit (city) 54. Shusha District 55. Shusha (city) 56. Tartar District 57. Tovuz District 58. Ujar District 59. Khachmaz District 60. Khankendi (city) 61. Goygol District 62. Khizi District 63. Khojali District 64. Khojavend District 65. Yardymli District 66. Yevlakh District 67. Yevlakh (city) 68. Zangilan District 69. Zaqatala District 70. Zardab District

The territory of Nagorno-Karabakh presently forms part of Azerbaijani rayons Khojavend, Shusha, Khojaly, the east portion of Kalbajar and the west portion of Tartar. In Soviet times the region was known as Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast; however on November 26, 1991, the Parliament of the Azerbaijan SSR abolished the autonomous status of the NKAO. Since then the territory of the autonomous oblast has been administratively split between the aforementioned rayons.

As a result of the Nagorno-Karabakh War, most of its territory is now under the control of ethnic Armenian forces from Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia.^[2] The self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) also controls a large part of southwestern Azerbaijan outside Nagorno-Karabakh. The Azerbaijani rayons completely or partially in the NKR are noted in the list. The NKR does not recognise these rayons and has its own system of administrative division.

The list below is for the main part of Azerbaijan, excluding the rayons of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.

Map ref.	Administrative division	Azerbaijani name	Capital	Area[3] (km²)	Population[3] (2011 est.)	Region	Notes
1	Absheron District	Abşeron	Xirdalan	1,360	192,900	Absheron	Includes an exclave in Baku
2	Aghjabadi District	Ağcabədi	Aghjabadi	1,760	124,000	Aran
3	Agdam District	Ağdam	Alibeili	1,150	180,600	Yukhari-Karabakh	West part de facto in NKR
4	Agdash District	Ağdaş	Agdash	1,050	100,600	Aran
5	Agstafa District	Ağstafa	Agstafa	1,500	81,400	Ganja-Qazakh
6	Agsu District	Ağsu	Agsu	1,020	72,100	Daglig-Shirvan
7	Shirvan (city)	Şirvan		30	78,700	Aran	Named Ali Bayramli (Əli Bayramlı) until April 24, 2008
8	Astara District	Astara	Astara	620	98,300	Lankaran
9	Baku (city)	Bakı		2,130	2,092,400	Absheron	Comprising 12 rayonlar it is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan
10	Balakan District	Balakən	Balakan	920	91,100	Shaki-Zaqatala
11	Barda District	Bərdə	Barda	960	143,900	Aran
12	Beylagan District	Beyləqan	Beylagan	1,130	87,900	Aran
13	Bilasuvar District	Biləsuvar	Bilasuvar	1,400	90,300	Aran
14	Jabrayil District	Cəbrayıl	Jabrayil	1,050	72,700	Yukhari-Karabakh	De facto in NKR
15	Jalilabad District	Cəlilabad	Jalilabad	1,440	196,500	Lankaran
16	Dashkasan District	Daşkəsən	Daşkəsən	1,050	33,200	Ganja-Qazakh
17	Shabran District	Şabran	Shabran	1,090	53,000	Quba-Khachmaz	Named Davachi (Dəvəçi) until 2010
18	Fizuli District	Füzuli	Fizuli	1,390	118,900	Yukhari-Karabakh	West part de facto in NKR
19	Gadabay District	Gədəbəy	Gadabay	1,290	95,000	Ganja-Qazakh	Borders an exclave of Armenia
20	Ganja (city)	Gəncə		110	316,300	Ganja-Qazakh	Azerbaijan's second-largest city
21	Goranboy District	Goranboy	Goranboy	1,760	96,200	Ganja-Qazakh
22	Goychay District	Göyçay	Goychay	740	111,100	Aran
23	Hajigabul District	Hacıqabul	Qazimemmed	1,640	67,300	Aran
24	Imishli District	İmişli	Imishli	1,820	116,600	Aran
25	Ismailli District	İsmayıllı	Ismailli	2,060	80,900	Daglig-Shirvan
26	Kalbajar District	Kəlbəcər	Kalbajar	3,050	83,200	Kalbajar-Lachin	De facto in NKR
27	Kurdamir District	Kürdəmir	Kurdamir	1,630	105,700	Aran
28	Lachin District	Laçın	Lachin	1,840	70,900	Kalbajar-Lachin	De facto in NKR
29	Lankaran District	Lənkəran	Lankaran	1,540	209,900	Lankaran
30	Lankaran (city)	Lənkəran		70	83,300	Lankaran
31	Lerik District	Lerik	Lerik	1,080	76,400	Lankaran
32	Masally District	Masallı	Masally	720	202,500	Lankaran
33	Mingachevir (city)	Mingəçevir		130	97,800	Aran
34	Naftalan (city)	Naftalan		30	9,100	Ganja-Qazakh
35	Neftchala District	Neftçala	Neftchala	1,450	81,300	Aran
36	Oghuz District	Oğuz	Oghuz	1,220	40,900	Shaki-Zaqatala
37	Qabala District	Qəbələ	Qabala	1,550	95,600	Shaki-Zaqatala
38	Qakh District	Qax	Qakh	1,490	53,900	Shaki-Zaqatala
39	Qazakh District	Qazax	Qazakh	700	90,800	Ganja-Qazakh	Includes two exclaves in Armenia
40	Gobustan District	Qobustan	Gobustan	1,370	41,100	Daglig-Shirvan
41	Quba District	Quba	Quba	2,580	155,600	Quba-Khachmaz
42	Qubadli District	Qubadlı	Qubadli	800	36,700	Kalbajar-Lachin	De facto in NKR
43	Qusar District	Qusar	Qusar	1,540	89,300	Quba-Khachmaz
44	Saatly District	Saatlı	Saatly	1,180	95,100	Aran
45	Sabirabad District	Sabirabad	Sabirabad	1,470	155,400	Aran
46	Shaki District	Şəki	Shaki	2,430	173,500	Shaki-Zaqatala
47	Shaki (city)	Şəki		9	63,700	Shaki-Zaqatala
48	Salyan District	Salyan	Salyan	1,790	124,900	Aran
49	Shamakhi District	Şamaxı	Shamakhi	1,610	93,700	Daglig-Shirvan
50	Shamkir District	Şəmkir	Shamkir	1,660	196,100	Ganja-Qazakh
51	Samukh District	Samux	Nebiagali	1,450	54,600	Ganja-Qazakh
52	Siazan District	Siyəzən	Siazan	700	38,400	Quba-Khachmaz
53	Sumqayit (city)	Sumqayıt		80	314,800	Absheron
54	Shusha District	Şuşa	Shusha	290	29,700	Yukhari-Karabakh	De facto in NKR
55	Shusha (city)	Şuşa		5.5	4,100	Yukhari-Karabakh	De facto in NKR
56	Tartar District	Tərtər	Tartar	960	98,400	Yukhari-Karabakh	West part de facto in NKR
57	Tovuz District	Tovuz	Tovuz	1,900	160,700	Ganja-Qazakh	Borders an exclave of Armenia
58	Ujar District	Ucar	Ujar	850	79,800	Aran
59	Khachmaz District	Xaçmaz	Khachmaz	1,050	162,100	Quba-Khachmaz
60	Khankendi (city)	Xankəndi		8	55,200	Yukhari-Karabakh	De facto capital of NKR named Stepanakert
61	Goygol District	Xanlar	Goygol	1,030	58,300	Ganja-Qazakh	Formerly Khanlar
62	Khizi District	Xızı	Khizi	1,850	14,700	Absheron
63	Khojali District	Xocalı	Khojali	940	26,500	Yukhari-Karabakh	De facto in NKR
64	Khojavend District	Xocavənd	Khojavend	1,460	42,100	Yukhari-Karabakh	De facto in NKR
65	Yardymli District	Yardımlı	Yardymli	670	59,600	Lankaran
66	Yevlakh District	Yevlax	Yevlakh	1,540	119,600	Aran
67	Yevlakh (city)	Yevlax		95	59,036	Aran
68	Zangilan District	Zəngilan	Zangilan	710	40,500	Kalbajar-Lachin	De facto in NKR
69	Zaqatala District	Zaqatala	Zaqatala	1,350	120,300	Shaki-Zaqatala
70	Zardab District	Zərdab	Zardab	860	54,000	Aran
			Total	81,100	8,700,600

Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic

The subdivisions of Nakhichevan.

1. Babek District 2. Julfa District 3. Kangarli District 4. Nakhchivan (city)

5. Ordubad District 6. Sadarak District 7. Shahbuz District 8. Sharur District

The seven districts and one municipality of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic are listed below.

Map ref.	Administrative division	Azerbaijani name	Capital	Area[3] (km²)	Population[3] (2011 est.)	Notes
1	Babek District	Babək	Babek	900	65,100	Formerly known as Nakhchivan; renamed after Babak Khorramdin in 1991
2	Julfa District	Culfa	Julfa	1,000	42,600	Also spelled Jugha or Dzhulfa.
3	Kangarli District	Kəngərli	Givraq	680	28,600	Split from Babek in March 2004
4	Nakhchivan (city)	Naxçıvan		130	84,700	Split from Nakhchivan (Babek Rayon) in 1991
5	Ordubad District	Ordubad	Ordubad	970	46,100	Split from Julfa during Sovietization[4]
6	Sadarak District	Sədərək	Sədərək	150	14,400	Split from Sharur in 1990; includes the Karki exclave in Armenia
7	Shahbuz District	Şahbuz	Shahbuz	920	23,200	Split from Nakhchivan (Babek) during Sovietization[4]
8	Sharur District	Şərur	Sharur	810	105,400	Formerly known as Bash-Norashen during its incorporation into the Soviet Union and Ilyich (after Vladimir Ilyich Lenin) from the post-Sovietization period to 1990[4]
			Total	5,560	410,100

See also

• ISO 3166-2:AZ

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Cities	Baku Ganja Khankendi Lankaran Mingachevir Naftalan Nakhchivan City Shaki Shirvan Sumqayit Shusha Yevlakh
Towns	Agdam Agdash Aghjabadi Aghstafa Agsu Astara Babek Balakan Barda Beylagan Bilasuvar Dashkasan Füzuli Gadabay Goranboy Goychay Goygol Hajiqabul Imishli Ismayilly Jabrayil Jalilabad Julfa Kalbajar Khachmaz Khizi Khojavend Khojaly Khirdalan Kurdamir Lachin Lerik Masally Neftchala Oghuz Ordubad Gabala Qakh Gazakh Gobustan Quba Qubadli Qusar Saatly Sabirabad Salyan Shabran Shahbuz Shamakhi Shamkir Sharur Siyazan Tartar Tovuz Ujar Yardymly Zəngilan Zaqatala Zardab
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