Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan is administratively divided into 64 districts (rayon) and 11 cities of republican significance (respublika tabeli şəhər), of which seven districts and one city are located within the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. Districts comprise several administrative-territorial circuits (inzibati ərazi dairəsi). These may be organized as urban (şəhər inzibati ərazi dairəsi), town (qəsəbə inzibati ərazi dairəsi), or rural administrative-territorial circuits (kənd inzibati ərazi dairəsi), while cities may also be subdivided into city districts (şəhər rayonu). In cities without city districts, as well as in parts of city districts not included within another administrative-territorial district, sector administrative-territorial circuits (sahə inzibati ərazi dairəsi) may be established. Cities, towns and villages constitute the country’s settlements or populated places (yaşayış məntəqələri). In this sense, they refer to inhabited territorial entities and should be distinguished from the administrative-territorial units and districts through which state administration is organized. The State Statistics Committee codifies the country’s administrative-territorial structure in the "İnzibati Ərazi Bölgüsü Təsnifatı" (Classification of Administrative-Territorial Division).^[1]

The administrative-territorial division is the general territorial framework for the organization of state administration. It should not be confused with several other territorial systems used in Azerbaijan for specific governmental or public functions. These include municipalities for local self-government, economic regions for economic planning and statistics, electoral constituencies for elections, judicial jurisdictions, and regional or territorial jurisdictions established by individual state bodies. Although these systems are generally defined with reference to the country’s territory and its administrative units, their boundaries and organizational structures do not necessarily coincide with the administrative-territorial hierarchy.

First-level administrative-territorial divisions

Mainland Azerbaijan

The list below represents the districts and the cities of Mainland Azerbaijan. For those of the Nakhchivan exclave, see further below.

Map ref.	Administrative division	Azerbaijani name	Capital	Area^[2] (km²)	Population census (2019)^[3]	Note
1	Absheron District	Abşeron	Xırdalan	1,360	476,819	Includes an exclave in Baku
2	Aghjabadi District	Ağcabədi	Aghjabadi	1,760	149,660
3	Aghdam District	Ağdam	Aghdam	1,076	78,323
4	Agdash District	Ağdaş	Agdash	1,050	103,267
5	Aghstafa District	Ağstafa	Agstafa	1,500	84,918
6	Agsu District	Ağsu	Agsu	1,020	77,712
7	Şirvan (city)	Şirvan		30	82,135	Known as Ali Bayramli (Əli Bayramlı) until 2008
8	Astara District	Astara	Astara	620	105,083
9	Baku (city)	Bakı		2,130	2,616,948	Capital and largest city of Azerbaijan
10	Balakan District	Balakən	Balakan	920	107,870
11	Barda District	Bərdə	Barda	960	182,633
12	Beylagan District	Beyləqan	Beylagan	1,130	91,619
13	Bilasuvar District	Biləsuvar	Bilasuvar	1,400	113,412
14	Jabrayil District	Cəbrayıl	Jabrayil	1,050	81,700
15	Jalilabad District	Cəlilabad	Jalilabad	1,440	207,565
16	Dashkasan District	Daşkəsən	Dashkasan	1,050	33,797
17	Shabran District	Şabran	Shabran	1,090	56,482	Known as Davachi (Dəvəçi) until 2010
18	Fuzuli District	Füzuli	Füzuli	1,390	63,582
19	Gadabay District	Gədəbəy	Gadabay	1,290	95,756
20	Ganja (city)	Gəncə		110	352,196
21	Goranboy District	Goranboy	Goranboy	1,760	104,916
22	Goychay District	Göyçay	Goychay	740	115,213
23	Hajigabul District	Hacıqabul	Hajiqabul	1,640	73,634
24	Imishli District	İmişli	Imishli	1,820	129,259
25	Ismayilli District	İsmayıllı	Ismayilli	2,060	79,223
26	Kalbajar District	Kəlbəcər	Kalbajar	2,314	19,818
27	Kurdamir District	Kürdəmir	Kurdamir	1,630	111,483
28	Lachin District	Laçın	Lachin	1,840	11,673
29	Lankaran City	Lənkəran	Lankaran	1,540	220,413
30	Lerik District	Lerik	Lerik	1,080	80,735
31	Masally District	Masallı	Masally	720	219,607
32	Mingachevir (city)	Mingəçevir		130	119,977
33	Naftalan (city)	Naftalan		30	9,291
34	Neftchala District	Neftçala	Neftchala	1,450	83,792
35	Oghuz District	Oğuz	Oghuz	1,220	42,424
36	Qabala District	Qəbələ	Qabala	1,550	101,580
37	Qakh District	Qax	Qakh	1,490	51,519
38	Qazax District	Qazax	Qazax	700	92,912	Partly under de facto control of Armenia
39	Gobustan District	Qobustan	Gobustan	1,370	44,348
40	Quba District	Quba	Quba	2,580	161,631
41	Qubadli District	Qubadlı	Qubadli	800	(36,700)
42	Qusar District	Qusar	Qusar	1,540	98,307
43	Saatly District	Saatlı	Saatly	1,180	104,801
44	Sabirabad District	Sabirabad	Sabirabad	1,470	177,137
45	Shaki City	Şəki	Shaki	2,430	178,648
46	Salyan District	Salyan	Salyan	1,790	136,917
47	Shamakhi District	Şamaxı	Shamakhi	1,610	102,494
48	Shamkir District	Şəmkir	Shamkir	1,660	212,427
49	Samukh District	Samux	Samukh	1,450	56,696
50	Siyazan District	Siyəzən	Siyazan	700	40,896
51	Sumgait (city)	Sumqayıt		80	491,068
52	Shusha District	Şuşa	Shusha	290	5,396
53	Tartar District	Tərtər	Tartar	109	85,426
54	Tovuz District	Tovuz	Tovuz	1,900	164,119
55	Ujar District	Ucar	Ujar	850	82,949
56	Khachmaz District	Xaçmaz	Khachmaz	1,050	170,022
57	Khankendi (city)	Xankəndi		8	58,322
58	Goygol District	Göygöl	Goygol	1,030	66,774	Known as Khanlar (Xanlar) until 2008
59	Khizi District	Xızı	Khizi	1,850	17,903
60	Khojaly District	Xocalı	Khojaly	940	17,050
61	Khojavend District	Xocavənd	Khojavend	1,460	(42,100)
62	Yardimli District	Yardımlı	Yardimli	670	64,027
63	Yevlakh District	Yevlax	Yevlakh	1,540	130,741
64	Zangilan District	Zəngilan	Zangilan	710	(40,500)
65	Zagatala District	Zaqatala	Zaqatala	1,350	125,831
66	Zardab District	Zərdab	Zardab	860	57,022
67	Aghdara District	Ağdərə	Aghdara	1161		Became a district in December 2023.
			TOTAL	81,100	9,634,154^{[note 1]}

↑ Including an estimated 148,795 for Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) estimated for 2019 by the Artsakh Statistical Service.

Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic

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

Map ref.	Administrative division	Azerbaijani name	Capital	Area^[2] (km²)	Population census (2019)^[3]	Note
1	Babek District	Babək	Babek	900	76,002	Known as Nakhchivan until 1991
2	Julfa District	Culfa	Julfa	1,000	46,970
3	Kangarli District	Kəngərli	Qıvraq	680	32,621	Split from Babek in March 2004
4	Nakhchivan (city)	Naxçıvan		130	94,318	Split from Nakhchivan (Babek District) in 1991
5	Ordubad District	Ordubad	Ordubad	970	50,156	Split from Julfa in 1965^[4]
6	Sadarak District	Sədərək	Sadarak	150	16,036	Split from Sharur in 1990; includes the Karki exclave under de facto control of Armenia
7	Shahbuz District	Şahbuz	Şahbuz	920	25,233	Split from Nakhchivan (Babek) in 1965^[4]
8	Sharur District	Şərur	Sharur	810	117,263	Known as Norashen until 1964 and Ilyich until 1990^[4]
			TOTAL	5,560	458,599

Lower-level administrative-territorial divisions

Below the first-level administrative-territorial divisions, Azerbaijan has several types of lower-level territorial organization. These include city districts (şəhər rayonları) and administrative-territorial circuits (inzibati ərazi dairələri), the latter of which are classified according to their territorial organization as sector administrative-territorial circuits (sahə inzibati ərazi dairələri), urban administrative-territorial circuits (şəhər inzibati ərazi dairələri), town administrative-territorial circuits (qəsəbə inzibati ərazi dairələri), and rural administrative-territorial circuits (kənd inzibati ərazi dairələri), and settlements classified as cities (şəhərlər), towns (qəsəbələr) and villages (kəndlər). These categories do not constitute a single uniform sequence of administrative levels; their position and function depend on the administrative-territorial unit in which they are located. According to the State Statistical Committee, Azerbaijan's lower-level territorial organization includes 12 city districts, 40 sector administrative-territorial circuits, 68 urban administrative-territorial circuits, 191 town administrative-territorial circuits, and 1,724 rural administrative-territorial circuits. At the settlement level, these territorial divisions comprise 79 cities, 263 towns and 4,244 villages. The difference between the number of settlements and administrative-territorial circuits reflects the fact that a circuit may contain more than one settlement. The numbers of cities, towns and villages therefore do not correspond directly to the numbers of administrative-territorial units at a particular hierarchical level.

City districts

A city district (şəhər rayonu) is an administrative-territorial unit established within a city. At present, this form of division is used in Baku, which is divided into 12 city districts: Binagadi, Garadagh, Khatai, Khazar, Narimanov, Nasimi, Nizami, Pirallahi, Sabail, Sabunchu, Surakhani and Yasamal. City districts should be distinguished from the districts (rayonlar) that constitute the principal territorial divisions of Azerbaijan. A city district is subordinate to the city within which it is established and therefore does not have the same territorial position as an ordinary district of Azerbaijan. Ganja formerly contained the Kəpəz and Nizami city districts. These districts were abolished in 2022. Consequently, Baku is currently the only city of Azerbaijan divided into city districts.

Administrative-territorial circuits

Much of the territory within districts and cities is organized into administrative-territorial circuits (inzibati ərazi dairələri). A circuit may comprise one or more settlements and provides a territorial framework for local state administration. Administrative-territorial circuits may be centred on a city, town or village, depending on the settlements included within them. Their existence therefore does not create an additional nationwide level comparable to the districts of Azerbaijan. Rather, they organize settlements within the territory of a district or city. Some large cities may also be divided into territorially defined administrative circuits without being divided into city districts. Following the abolition of its city districts, for example, Ganja is organized through numbered sector administrative-territorial circuits.

Classification of settlements

Azerbaijani legislation classifies populated places (yaşayış məntəqələri) into cities, towns and villages. Their administrative status must be distinguished from the higher-level cities that constitute administrative-territorial units in their own right. Consequently, the term city does not always indicate the same administrative position. Baku, Ganja, Sumgait and other separately administered cities constitute principal administrative-territorial units, whereas many other cities are located within districts. For example, Quba city is situated within Quba District, Shamakhi within Shamakhi District, and Agdash within Agdash District. The city and its surrounding district therefore should not be treated as two equivalent first-level divisions merely because both contain the word "city" in English descriptions. Towns (qəsəbələr) and villages (kəndlər) constitute settlement categories below the principal administrative divisions. They may form individual administrative-territorial circuits or be grouped with other settlements within a circuit.

Variation in the lower-level structure

The lower-level territorial organization is not identical throughout Azerbaijan. General patterns include:

District

↳ Administrative-territorial circuit (sector, urban, town or rural)

↳ City, town or village

City without city districts

↳ Administrative-territorial circuit (sector, urban, town or rural)

↳ City, town or village

City with city districts

↳ City district

↳ Administrative-territorial circuit (sector, urban, town or rural)

↳ City, town or village

These patterns should not be interpreted as a rigid hierarchy applicable throughout the country. City districts, administrative-territorial circuits, cities, towns and villages have different legal functions, and not every principal administrative-territorial unit contains every type of lower-level unit. The exact arrangement varies according to the administrative status and settlement pattern of the territory concerned.

Nakhchivan

The Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic has the same general types of lower-level settlement and territorial organization within its districts and Nakhchivan city, while the autonomous republic itself occupies a distinct constitutional and administrative position within Azerbaijan.

Statistical overview

The number and distribution of lower-level administrative-territorial units and settlements within each district and city are shown below:

No.	Administrative unit	City districts	Administrative-territorial circuits				Settlements
No.	Administrative unit	City districts	Sector	Urban	Town	Rural	Cities	Towns	Villages
Cities of Mainland Azerbaijan
1	Baku	12	21	—	48	—	1	59	—
2	Ganja	—	4	—	6	—	1	7	—
3	Khankendi	—	—	—	1	—	1	1	—
4	Lankaran	—	1	1	7	33	2	8	83
5	Mingachevir	—	2	—	—	—	1	—	—
6	Naftalan	—	1	—	—	1	1	—	2
7	Shaki	—	1	—	1	31	1	2	68
8	Shirvan	—	1	—	2	—	1	2	—
9	Sumgait	—	4	—	2	—	1	2	—
10	Yevlakh	—	1	—	1	18	1	3	46
Districts of Mainland Azerbaijan
1	Absheron District	—	—	1	9	6	1	9	7
2	Agdam District	—	—	1	13	28	1	14	113
3	Agdash District	—	—	1	1	41	1	2	71
4	Aghdara District	—	—	1	1	29	1	1	57
5	Aghjabadi District	—	—	1	1	39	1	1	44
6	Agstafa District	—	—	1	4	24	1	9	29
7	Agsu District	—	—	1	—	23	1	—	79
8	Astara District	—	—	1	2	12	1	2	89
9	Balakan District	—	—	1	1	18	1	1	57
10	Barda District	—	—	1	—	34	1	—	110
11	Beylagan District	—	—	1	10	20	1	16	25
12	Bilasuvar District	—	—	1	—	22	1	—	25
13	Dashkasan District	—	—	1	2	16	1	5	43
14	Fuzuli District	—	—	2	16	27	2	16	80
15	Gadabay District	—	—	1	—	46	1	—	108
16	Gobustan District	—	—	1	—	15	1	1	31
17	Goranboy District	—	—	2	4	49	2	6	79
18	Goychay District	—	—	1	—	25	1	—	55
19	Goygol District	—	—	1	2	24	1	6	38
20	Hajigabul District	—	—	1	4	13	1	5	25
21	Imishli District	—	—	1	1	27	1	2	48
22	Ismayilli District	—	—	1	2	34	1	2	105
23	Jabrayil District	—	—	1	—	22	1	4	91
24	Jalilabad District	—	—	2	—	33	2	1	118
25	Kalbajar District	—	—	1	1	41	1	1	124
26	Khachmaz District	—	—	2	2	24	2	12	137
27	Khizi District	—	—	1	3	8	1	3	25
28	Khojaly District	—	—	1	1	19	1	1	53
29	Khojavend District	—	—	1	2	38	1	2	80
30	Kurdamir District	—	—	1	2	21	1	2	59
31	Lachin District	—	—	1	1	47	1	1	124
32	Lerik District	—	—	1	—	28	1	—	161
33	Masally District	—	—	1	2	34	1	2	100
34	Neftchala District	—	—	1	3	14	1	3	48
35	Oghuz District	—	—	1	—	14	1	—	33
36	Qabala District	—	—	1	3	56	1	3	60
37	Qakh District	—	—	1	—	16	1	—	58
38	Qazakh District	—	—	1	—	22	1	—	34
39	Quba District	—	—	1	3	27	1	7	149
40	Qubadli District	—	—	1	—	30	1	—	93
41	Qusar District	—	—	1	1	27	1	1	88
42	Saatly District	—	—	1	—	35	1	—	43
43	Sabirabad District	—	—	1	—	24	1	—	74
44	Salyan District	—	—	1	1	18	1	2	48
45	Samukh District	—	—	1	5	17	1	6	28
46	Shabran District	—	—	1	—	16	1	—	68
47	Shamakhi District	—	—	1	3	33	1	5	57
48	Shamkir District	—	—	1	4	43	1	7	58
49	Shusha District	—	—	1	1	10	1	1	34
50	Siyazan District	—	—	1	1	9	1	1	32
51	Tartar District	—	—	1	—	28	1	—	50
52	Tovuz District	—	—	2	—	41	2	—	102
53	Ujar District	—	—	1	—	15	1	—	29
54	Yardimli District	—	—	1	—	29	1	—	87
55	Zagatala District	—	—	1	1	27	1	1	60
56	Zangilan District	—	—	1	1	20	1	5	79
57	Zardab District	—	—	1	1	26	1	1	40
Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
Cities of Nakhchivan
1	Nakhchivan	—	4	—	1	3	1	1	5
Districts of Nakhchivan
1	Babek District	—	—	1	2	25	1	2	33
2	Julfa District	—	—	1	—	18	1	—	22
3	Kangarli District	—	—	—	1	9	—	1	10
4	Ordubad District	—	—	1	2	27	1	3	43
5	Sadarak District	—	—	—	1	4	—	1	4
6	Shahbuz District	—	—	1	1	20	1	1	22
7	Sharur District	—	—	1	—	51	1	—	64

Other territorial divisions

Economic regions

For economic planning, regional development and statistical purposes, the territory of Azerbaijan is grouped into 14 economic regions (iqtisadi rayonlar). Economic regions group administrative-territorial units into larger regions but do not constitute an additional level of the administrative-territorial hierarchy. The present division was established by a presidential decree on 7 July 2021.^[5]

Economic region^[6]	Area (km²)^[7]	Population estimate (2021)^[7]	Population density per km² (2021)	Note
Baku	2,140	2,300,500	1,075	Includes Baku itself. It is the main economic centre of Azerbaijan. Main industries: international trade, oil refining, chemical, machine-building, food, tourism, 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, tourism and food.^[10]
Lankaran-Astara	6,070	953,600	157	Includes Astara, Jalilabad, Lerik, Yardimli, Lankaran administrative districts. Main industry: food and tourism.
Guba-Khachmaz	6,960	558,700	80	Includes Shabran, Khachmaz, Guba, Qusar, Siyazan administrative districts. Main industries: agriculture, light, tourism, 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.
TOTALS	86,570	10,119,100	111

Municipalities

Municipalities (bələdiyyələr) constitute a separate system of local self-government and are not administrative subdivisions of districts. The State Statistical Committee accordingly maintains a separate "Bələdiyyələrin statistik ərazi təsnifatı" (Statistical Territorial Classification of Municipalities), distinct from the "İnzibati Ərazi Bölgüsü Təsnifatı" used for the administrative-territorial structure.^[13]

Electoral divisions

For electoral purposes, Azerbaijan is divided into 125 electoral constituencies (seçki dairələri). The Central Election Commission establishes the constituencies principally on the basis of the number of registered voters and the average representation norm. Electoral constituencies therefore constitute a separate territorial framework and do not necessarily correspond to administrative districts or cities. A constituency may encompass territory belonging to more than one administrative-territorial unit, while populous cities may contain several constituencies.^[14]

Judicial divisions

The judicial system also has its own territorial jurisdictions. Many courts of first instance serve individual districts or cities, while the territorial jurisdiction of appellate and specialized courts may encompass several administrative-territorial units. Judicial jurisdictions determine the territorial competence of courts and do not constitute administrative divisions or an additional level of the administrative-territorial hierarchy.

Other territorial organization

Individual ministries, state agencies and other public authorities may establish regional administrations, territorial departments or service jurisdictions for the exercise of their functions. Such jurisdictions may correspond to a single administrative-territorial unit or encompass several units. They represent the territorial organization of the respective institution rather than separate administrative divisions of Azerbaijan.

Nagorno-Karabakh

The territory of former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast presently consists of the districts of Khojavend, Shusha, Khojaly and Aghdara. 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.^[15] The self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh also controlled a large part of southwestern Azerbaijan outside Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan regained control of all of the surrounding districts and large parts of Nagorno-Karabakh following the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. Azerbaijan regained control of all of Nagorno-Karabakh following 2023 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes.

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