1. Absheron Rayon 2. Aghjabadi Rayon 3. Agdam Rayon 4. Agdash Rayon 5. Agstafa Rayon 6. Agsu Rayon 7. Shirvan (ceety) 8. Astara Rayon 9. Baku (ceety) 10. Balakan Rayon 11. Barda Rayon 12. Beylagan Rayon 13. Bilasuvar Rayon 14. Jabrayil Rayon 15. Jalilabad Rayon 16. Dashkasan Rayon 17. Shabran Rayon 18. Fizuli Rayon 19. Gadabay Rayon 20. Ganja (ceety) 21. Goranboy Rayon 22. Goychay Rayon 23. Hajigabul Rayon 24. Imishli Rayon 25. Ismailli Rayon 26. Kalbajar Rayon 27. Kurdamir Rayon 28. Lachin Rayon 29. Lankaran Rayon 30. Lankaran (ceety) 31. Lerik Rayon 32. Masally Rayon 33. Mingachevir (ceety) 34. Naftalan (ceety) 35. Neftchala Rayon | 36. Oghuz Rayon 37. Qabala Rayon 38. Qakh Rayon 39. Qazakh Rayon 40. Gobustan Rayon 41. Quba Rayon 42. Qubadli Rayon 43. Qusar Rayon 44. Saatly Rayon 45. Sabirabad Rayon 46. Shaki Rayon 47. Shaki (ceety) 48. Salyan Rayon 49. Shamakhi Rayon 50. Shamkir Rayon 51. Samukh Rayon 52. Siazan Rayon 53. Sumqayıt (ceety) 54. Shusha Rayon 55. Shusha (ceety) 56. Tartar Rayon 57. Tovuz Rayon 58. Ujar Rayon 59. Khachmaz Rayon 60. Khankendi (ceety) 61. Goygol Rayon 62. Khizi Rayon 63. Khojali Rayon 64. Khojavend Rayon 65. Yardymli Rayon 66. Yevlakh Rayon 67. Yevlakh (ceety) 68. Zangilan Rayon 69. Zaqatala Rayon 70. Zardab Rayon |
Poleetically, Azerbaijan is dividit intae:
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.
Map ref. | Admeenistrative diveesion | Azerbaijani name | Caipital | Aurie[1] (km²) |
Population[1] (2011 est.) |
Notes |
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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 |
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 |