Shahbuz District

Shahbuz (Azerbaijani: Şahbuz; also known as Shakhbuz) is a rayon of Azerbaijan in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. Shahbuz district was established on August 8, 1930. The area of the district is 836.58 square kilometres (323.01 sq mi). There are 1 city, 1 settlement and 22 villages within the district. The district capital is Şahbuz.[1]

Road sign at the entrance to Shakhbuz District
Shahbuz
Map of Azerbaijan showing Shabuz Rayon
Country Azerbaijan
Autonomous republicNakhchivan
Settlement1
Villages22
CapitalŞahbuz
Government
  Executive powerQuliyev N.
Area
  Total836.58 km2 (323.01 sq mi)
Population
  Total21,800
  Density26/km2 (67/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
Postal code
7100
Telephone code(+994) 36

General Information

Covering 27 villages and plateaus of the Oyuqlucaqaya, Bazaryurd, Dərəbash, Qachdash, Nərkechi and Armudlu, the region of Dərəşahbuz was established in the 16th century and functioned up to 40th years of the 19th century.[2] In 1925, it was named Narimanov District in the administrative-territorial unit of Nakhchivan (encompassing 30 villages). Since 1930, "Shahbuz" name has been restored. In 1963, the district was abolished and given to the Nakhchivan (since 1978, Babak) region. Since 1965, it has been an independent district. In 2007, the settlement of Shahbuz was given city status.[3] In 2013, by decree of President of Azerbaijan Republic, Qarababa village was dissolved and added into the administrative territory of the city of Shahbuz.[4] The population of the city is up to 5000.

Shahbuz district is located in the north of NAR. It is a mountainous area. Salvarti (3162 m), Uchgardash (3156 m), and Kechaldagh (3115 m) are the highest points. Like the rest of the republic, many underground waters flow here, such as badamli, batabat, caravansarai, bichanak and other mineral waters. There are sulfur, construction materials, peat deposits. The district has the river Nakhchivanchay River and its tributaries - Kuku, Shahbuz, Salvarti - and Ganligol and Batabat Lakes. The mountains are heavily forested. "Badamli" resort was built near the Badamli mineral water plant.

Etymology and history

There are different versions of the etymology of the name of Shahbuz. At the historical sources, first time the name of "Shahbuz" can be found on the map which shows treasury of copper coins of the state of Eldiguzids and in the historical work of Sharaf ad-Din Ali Yazdi "Zafarnama", historian of Amir Timur.[5]

Population

According to the State Statistics Committee, as of 2018, the population of region recorded 25,1 thousand persons, which increased by 4.5 thousand persons (21.8 percent) from 20.6 thousand persons in 2000.[6] 12,7 thousand of total population are men, 12,4 thousand are women.[7]

The population of district by the year (at the beginning of the year, thsd. persons) [6]
Population 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Shahbuz region 20,6 20,8 21,0 21,2 21,5 21,8 22,0 22,2 22,5 22,7 22,9 23,2 23,6 24,0 24,4 24,6 24,8 24,9 25,1
urban population 2,6 2,6 2,6 2,7 3,0 3,1 3,2 3,2 3,3 3,4 3,7 3,8 3,8 3,9 5,1 5,1 5,1 5,2 5,2
rural population 18,0 18,2 18,4 18,5 18,5 18,7 18,8 19,0 19,2 19,3 19,2 19,4 19,8 20,1 19,3 19,5 19,7 19,7 19,9

This indicator shows the number of people that live in this region in 2005:

#MunicipalityPopulation
1Şahbuz4507
2Keçili1663
3Kolanı1379
4Kükü1451
5Şahbuzkənd1187
6Külüs1169
7Biçənək1157
8Badamlı1078
9Aşağı Qışlaq904
10Nursu799
11Mahmudoba797
12Qızıl Qışlaq692
13Sələsüz588
14Badamlı582
15Güney Qışlaq545
16Ayrınc544
17Yuxarı Qışlaq516
18Gömür474
19Ağbulaq436
20Türkeş399
21Daylaqlı395
22Mərəlik215
23Kiçikoba171
24Şada161
25Total21,809

Notable natives

See also

References

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