Ismayilli District ( az, İsmayıllı rayonu) is one of the 66
districts
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of
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...
. It is located in the north of the country and belongs to the
Mountainous Shirvan Economic Region
Mountainous Shirvan Economic Region ( az, Dağlıq Şirvan iqtisadi rayonu) is one of the 14 economic regions of Azerbaijan. It borders the economic regions of Shaki-Zagatala, Guba-Khachmaz, Absheron-Khizi, Shirvan-Salyan, and Central Aran. ...
. The district borders the districts of
Qabala
Qabala ( az, Qəbələ) is a city and the administrative centre of the Qabala District of Azerbaijan. The municipality consists of the city of Gabala and the village of Küsnat. Before the city was known as Kutkashen, but after the Republic of ...
,
Quba
Quba () is a city and the administrative centre of the Quba District of Azerbaijan. The city lies on the north-eastern slopes of Shahdag mountain, at an altitude of 600 metres above sea level, on the right bank of the Kudyal river. It has a po ...
,
Goychay,
Kurdamir
Kurdamir ( az, Kürdəmir) is a city and the capital of the Kurdamir District of Azerbaijan. It is located in Aran Economic Region.
Geography
The district shares borders with Agsu, Goychay, Ujar, Imishli, Sabirabad, Hajigabul and Zardab ...
,
Agsu,
Shamakhi
Shamakhi ( az, Şamaxı, ) is a city in Azerbaijan and the administrative centre of the Shamakhi District. The city's estimated population was 31,704. It is famous for its traditional dancers, the Shamakhi Dancers, and also for perhaps giving it ...
, and the
Russia
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n
Republic of Dagestan
Dagestan ( ; rus, Дагеста́н, , dəɡʲɪˈstan, links=yes), officially the Republic of Dagestan (russian: Респу́блика Дагеста́н, Respúblika Dagestán, links=no), is a republics of Russia, republic of Russia sit ...
. Its capital and largest city is
Ismayilli. As of 2020, the district had a population of 87,400. It is believed that this district was named after a highly respected elder and philanthropist in the community, Ismayil Baghiyev.
History
Ismayilli district was created with the centre in the Ismayilli village on November 21, 1931. Before the establishment of the district, one of its parts was in Goychay province, another one in Shamakhy province and the smallest part within Sheki province.
The territory, like all the northern lands of Azerbaijan, was part of the Albanian state in the 4th century B.C. Mehran Gyrdyman from the dynasty of Sasanies even created his own kingdom at the territory. Albanian rulers Varaz Grigor and his son Djavanshir (616-681) were also from the dynasty of
Mihranids The Mihranids were an Iranian family which ruled several regions of Caucasus from 330 to 821. They claimed to be of Sasanian Persian descent but were of Parthian origin.
History
The dynasty was founded when a certain Mihran, a distant relative o ...
. The Gyrdyman state was ruled by the most prominent ruler of Albania Djavanshir in 638–670. The ruins of the residence built by him on the
Aghchay
Aghchay ( fa, آقچای, also Romanized as Agh Chay) is a village in Heyran Rural District, in the Central District of Astara County, Gilan Province, Iran. The name of the village, ''ağ çay'' means "white stream" in Azeri Turkish
Aze ...
river 4 km from Talystan village is still famous as the Djavanshir tower.
A number of settlements, especially Lahydj and Basgal settlements, Ivanovka, Galadjyg, Talystan and Diyarly villages are notable for their ancient history and special beauty. Lahij and Basgal were declared the reserves of history and culture.
Ismayilli district has a number of ancient historical monuments.
Significant measures are taken for the development of tourism.
The Ismayilli city had been a village until 1959, a settlement until 1967, and after that, it was transformed into a city.
Geography
The district covers an area of 2074 km
2. It borders Guba in the north, Shamakhy in the east, Aghsu in the southeast, Kurdemir in the south, Goychay in the southwest and Gabala in the west.
Ismayilli district includes one city, two settlements and 106 villages. These settlements are controlled by 34 territorial representations and 67 municipalities.
The landscape is mainly composed of mountains. Altitudes vary between 200 and 3629 meters (Babadagh) above sea level. The area is passed by the Goychay, Gyrdyman, Akhokh, Ayrichay, Sulut and other rivers, Yekekhana and Ashygbayram artificial ponds.
The district covers 2,158.75 km
2 with 220.58 km
2 of winter and 135.55 km
2 of summer pastures. The lands used in agriculture account for 966.3 km
2 including 36.263 km
2 of fertile lands.
Woodlands account for 667.99 km
2. The district accounts for the State Reserve of Ismayilli. Part of the district is included in the Shahdagh National Park.
Ismailly district has a rich nature. The forests are composed of oak, hornbeam, beech-tree, alder-tree, birch-tree, poplar, pear, spoke and other trees. Such fauna as elk, mountain goat, chamois, deer, roe deer, bear, boar, lynx, fox, wolf, squirrel, coon, pheasant, partridge, eagle, falcon, tetra and others are found in the forests.
Demographics
Its population was 86,100 persons on January 1, 2018.
Azerbaijanis
Azerbaijanis (; az, Azərbaycanlılar, ), Azeris ( az, Azərilər, ), or Azerbaijani Turks ( az, Azərbaycan Türkləri, ) are a Turkic people living mainly in northwestern Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan. They are the second-most numer ...
are majority.
Tats,
Armenians
Armenians ( hy, հայեր, ''hayer'' ) are an ethnic group native to the Armenian highlands of Western Asia. Armenians constitute the main population of Armenia and the ''de facto'' independent Artsakh. There is a wide-ranging diaspora ...
,
Russians
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Lezgians
Lezgins or Leks ( lez, Лезгияр, Лекьер. lezgijar) are a Northeast Caucasian ethnic group native predominantly to southern Dagestan, a republic of Russia, and northeastern Azerbaijan. The Lezgin are predominantly Sunni Muslims and sp ...
are other ethnic groups of Ismayilli District.
Population
According to the Annual report of the
State Statistics Committee
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, the total number of population in 2000 was 73,000. In 2018, this indicator increased by 13,100 people.
Language
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Azerbaijani
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Tati
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Lezgian
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Russian
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Media
The sociopolitical newspaper ''Girdyman'' was established in 2002 and is issued twice or thrice a month in 500 editions. It was founded by the executive body of the district and the creative collective of the publishing house. It was registered by the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Azerbaijan with registration number 120.
The publication of a local newspaper commenced in 1934. It was called ''Yeni Ismayilly'' from 1934 to 1966, ''Zehmetkesh'' from 1966 to 1991 and ''Djavanshir yurdu'' from 1991.
The radio station of the district was registered in the head department for mass media under the State Press Committee and started operating on February 10, 1993. It aims to provide the residents of Ismayilly with daily sociopolitical news, entertaining programs and programs for children, ads, announcements and other programs. It transmits its programs thirty minutes a day except for Saturday and Sunday.
It is the executive body of the district. It has previously operated as a ten-minute news bulletin in a local newspaper.
Notes
References
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The site about village Iwanowka(Russian)
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Districts of Azerbaijan