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Qubadli District
District
Map of Azerbaijan showing Qubadli District
Map of Azerbaijan showing Qubadli District
Country Azerbaijan
RegionEast Zangezur
Established14 March 1933
CapitalQubadli
Settlements[1]94
Government
 • GovernorMalik Isagov
Area
 • Total800 km2 (300 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total41,600
 • Density52/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
Postal code
3900
Websitequbadli-ih.gov.az

Qubadli District (Azerbaijani: Qubadlı rayonu) is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the south-west of the country and belongs to the East Zangezur Economic Region.[3] The district borders the districts of Lachin, Khojavend, Jabrayil, Zangilan, and the Syunik Province of Armenia.

Its capital and largest city is Qubadli. As of 2020, the district had a nominal population of 41,600.[2]

History

The region was part of the Kurdistansky Uyezd and later the Kurdistan Okrug in the Azerbaijani SSR from 7 July 1923 to 23 July 1930. To its Kurdish population, it was known as Qûbadlî.[4]

The district was established on 14 March 1933.[1]

The district came was seized by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh in August 1993 during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. Azerbaijani forces regained control of all of the district during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.

Demographics

According to the last Soviet census of 1989, population was 28,110.[5] According to undated Azerbaijani data, the population was 34,100.[6]

As of 1979 a total of 26,673 people:[7]

As of 1989 a total of 28,110 people.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "İnzibati-ərazi vahidləri" (PDF). preslib.az. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Population of Azerbaijan". stat.gov.az. State Statistics Committee. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  3. ↑ "Azərbaycan Respublikasında iqtisadi rayonların yeni bölgüsü haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin Fərmanı » Azərbaycan Prezidentinin Rəsmi internet səhifəsi". president.az.
  4. ↑ Esger, Şamîlê Selîm. "Kurdên Azerbaycanên, dîroka Laçîn û yên mayîn". Kovara Çira. 3: 57.
  5. 1 2 "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  6. ↑ "Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan Republic. Gubadli". Retrieved April 28, 2010.
  7. ↑ "население азербайджана". www.ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru. Retrieved 11 October 2020.


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