Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan is administratively divided into 66 districts (rayon) and 11 cities (şəhər) that are subordinate to the Republic. Out of these, 7 districts and 1 city is located within the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. The districts are further divided into municipalities (bələdiyyə).

Additionally, the districts of Azerbaijan are grouped into 14 Economic Regions (İqtisadi Rayon).^[1] On July 7, 2021, the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed Decree "On the new division of economic regions in the Republic of Azerbaijan".^[2]

Administrative divisions

Contiguous Azerbaijan

Districts and cities of Azerbaijan

The territory of former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast presently consists of the districts of Khojavend, Shusha, Khojaly, the eastern portion of Kalbajar and the western portion of Tartar. The Autonomous Oblast was abolished on 26 November 1991, by the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR. Since then, the territory of the autonomous oblast has been administratively split between the aforementioned districts.

As a result of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, most of Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding districts came under the occupation of ethnic Armenian forces.^[3] The self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh also controlled a large part of southwestern Azerbaijan outside Nagorno-Karabakh. The Azerbaijani districts completely or partially controlled by Artsakh are noted in the list. Artsakh does not recognise these districts and has its own system of administrative division. Azerbaijan regained control of all of the surrounding districts and large parts of Nagorno-Karabakh following the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.

The list below represents mainland Azerbaijan and excludes the districts of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic:

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

Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic

The subdivisions of Nakhchivan.

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^[4] (km²)	Population^[4] (2011 est.)	Note
1	Babek District	Babək	Babek	900	65,100	Known as Nakhchivan until 1991
2	Julfa District	Culfa	Julfa	1,000	42,600
3	Kangarli District	Kəngərli	Qıvraq	680	28,600	Split from Babek in March 2004
4	Nakhchivan (city)	Naxçıvan		130	84,700	Split from Nakhchivan (Babek District) in 1991
5	Ordubad District	Ordubad	Ordubad	970	46,100	Split from Julfa in 1965^[5]
6	Sadarak District	Sədərək	Sadarak	150	14,400	Split from Sharur in 1990; includes the Karki exclave under de facto control of Armenia
7	Shahbuz District	Şahbuz	Şahbuz	920	23,200	Split from Nakhchivan (Babek) in 1965^[5]
8	Sharur District	Şərur	Sharur	810	105,400	Known as Norashen until 1964 and Ilyich until 1990^[5]
			TOTAL	5,560	410,100

Economic Regions

Map of economic regions of Azerbaijan (July 2021)

Economic region^[6]	Area (km²)^[7]	Population (2021)^[7]	Population density (2021; pop. per km²)	Note
Baku	2,140	2,300,500	1075	Includes Baku itself. It is the main economic centre of Azerbaijan. Main industries: international trade, oil refining, chemical, machine-building, food, textiles.^[8] The military industry, high-tech industries, and information technologies are being developed.^[9]
Absheron-Khizi	3,730	578,800	155	Includes the Absheron and Khizi administrative districts and the city of Sumgait. The main industries are petrochemical, chemical, heavy industry, ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy, energy, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, light and food, construction, transport infrastructure.
Ganja-Dashkasan	5,270	611,300	116	Includes Dashkasan, Goranboy, Goygol, Samukh administrative districts and the cities of Ganja, Naftalan.
Shaki-Zagatala	8,840	630,400	71	Includes Balakan, Qakh, Qabala, Oghuz, Zagatala, Shaki administrative districts. Main industries: light and food.^[10]
Lankaran-Astara	6,070	953,600	157	Includes Astara, Jalilabad, Lerik, Yardimli, Lankaran administrative districts. Main industry: food.
Guba-Khachmaz	6,960	558,700	80	Includes Shabran, Khachmaz, Guba, Qusar, Siyazan administrative districts. Main industries: agriculture, light, and food.^[11]
Central Aran	6,690	740,000	111	Includes Agdash, Goychay, Kurdamir, Ujar, Yevlakh, Zardab administrative districts, and the city of Mingachevir.^[12]
Karabakh	8,990	904,500	101	Includes Agjabadi, Aghdam, Barda, Fuzuli, Khojaly, Khojavend, Shusha, Tartar administrative regions and the city of Khankendi (Stepanakert).
East Zangezur	7,470	343,500	46	Includes Jabrayil, Kalbajar, Qubadli, Lachin, Zangilan administrative districts.
Mountainous Shirvan	6,130	324,800	53	Includes Agsu, Ismayilli, Gobustan, Shamakhi administrative districts. Main industries: light and food.
Nakhchivan	5,500	461,500	84	Includes the whole territory of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. Main industries: light and food.
Gazakh-Tovuz	7,030	687,600	98	Includes Aghstafa, Gadabay, Gazakh, Shamkir, Tovuz administrative districts.
Mil-Mughan	5,670	522,600	92	Includes Beylagan, Imishli, Saatly, Sabirabad administrative districts.
Shirvan-Salyan	6,080	501,300	82	Includes Bilasuvar, Hajigabul, Neftchala, Salyan administrative districts and the city of Shirvan.
TOTAL	86,570	9,593,000	111

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[2] "New economic regions of Azerbaijan – LIST". Report News Agency. Retrieved 2021-07-09.

[3] "The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency". www.cia.gov.

[azstat-4] "Territories, number, density of population and territorial units by economic and administrative regions of Azerbaijan Republic" Archived January 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, The State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

[Hewsen-5] Hewsen, Robert H. (2001). Armenia: A Historical Atlas. University of Chicago Press.

[6] "Azərbaycan Prezidentinin Rəsmi internet səhifəsi - SƏNƏDLƏR » Fərmanlar". president.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2021-09-26.

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[10] "Demography". Archived from the original on 2015-09-20.

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v t e Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan
Districts	Absheron Agdam Agdash Aghjabadi Agstafa Agsu Astara Babek Balakan Barda Beylagan Bilasuvar Dashkasan Fuzuli Gadabay Goranboy Goychay Goygol Hajigabul Imishli Ismayilli Jabrayil Jalilabad Julfa Kalbajar¹ Kangarli Khachmaz Khizi Khojaly¹ Khojavend¹ Kurdamir Lachin Lankaran Lerik Masally Neftchala Oghuz Ordubad Qabala Qakh Qazakh Gobustan Quba Qubadli Qusar Saatly Sabirabad Sadarak Salyan Samukh Shabran Shahbuz Shaki Shamakhi Shamkir Sharur Shusha¹ Siyazan Tartar¹ Tovuz Ujar Yardimli Yevlakh Zangilan Zagatala Zardab
Cities	Baku Ganja Khankendi¹ Lankaran Mingachevir Naftalan Nakhchivan Shaki Shirvan Sumgait Yevlakh
Towns	Aghdam Agdash Aghjabadi Agstafa Agsu Astara Babek Balakən Barda Beylagan Bilasuvar Dashkasan Fuzuli Gadabay Goranboy Goychay Goygol Hajiqabul Imishli Ismayilli Jabrayil Jalilabad Julfa Kalbajar Khachmaz Khizi Khojavend¹ Khojaly¹ Khirdalan Kurdamir Lachin Lerik Masally Neftchala Oğuz Ordubad Gabala Qakh Gazakh Gobustan Quba Qubadli Qusar Saatly Sabirabad Salyan Shabran Shahbuz Shamakhi Shamkir Sharur Shusha Siyazan Tartar Tovuz Ujar Yardimli Zangilan Zagatala Zardab
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