Kapaz raion () is a settlement and
raion
A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is c ...
of
Ganja, Azerbaijan
Ganja (; ) is Azerbaijan's List of cities in Azerbaijan, third largest city, with a population of around 335,600.AzÉ™rbaycan Respublikası. — 2. AzÉ™rbaycan Respublikasının iqtisadi vÉ™ inzibati rayonları. — 2.4. AzÉ™rbaycan RespublikasÄ ...
. The district is named after the
Mount Kapaz
The Mount Kapaz or Kepez () is a mountain in Lesser Caucasus near Ganja city in central Azerbaijan. Kapaz rises 3,065 meters above the sea level. It is located next to Lake Göygöl and its huge rocks broke off the mount and blocked a nearby riv ...
. It has a population of 180,600.
Details
Kapaz district (Kəpəz rayonu) was established on November 21, 1980, according to the decision of Supreme Soviet of
Azerbaijan SSR
The Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, also referred to as the Azerbaijani Soviet Socialist Republic, Azerbaijan SSR, Azerbaijani SSR, AzSSR, Soviet Azerbaijan or simply Azerbaijan, was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union be ...
. The total area of this district is 7064 hectares, and its population is 180 thousand (2018).
The district consists of 2 administrative territorial units and 6 settlements (namely
Hajikend, Javadkhan, Shixzamanli, Natavan, Mahsati and Sadilli). The last 5 settlements were established in December 2011 according to the "Law on Making partial changes in the administrative-territorial division of Kapaz district of Ganja city".
There are 27 schools, 4 vocational schools, 21 kindergartens,
Azerbaijan Technological University, 12 branches of Ganja Central Library, 2 music schools, Ganja State Historical-Cultural Reserve,
Nizami Mausoleum
The Nizami Mausoleum (), built in honor of the 12th-century Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi, stands just outside the city of Ganja, Azerbaijan. The mausoleum was originally built in 1947 in place of an old collapsed mausoleum, and rebuilt in its pres ...
,
Ganja Fortress Gates Monumental Complex,
Imamzadeh
An imamzadeh () is a Persian term with two related meanings: a type of holy person in Shia Islam, and the shrine-tomb of such a person.
Descendant
An imamzadeh is an immediate descendant of a Shi'i Imam. The term is also used in Urdu and ...
religious complex,
Ganja City Stadium
Ganja City Stadium is located in Ganja, Azerbaijan, Ganja, Azerbaijan. It is used by Kapaz PFC, Kapaz football club, and has a capacity of 15,000. In the 2016-17 domestic league season, tenants Kapaz PFK drew the highest average home attendance ( ...
, Ganja Regional Post Office in this district.
Gallery
File:Ilham Aliyev reviewed the monumental complex Ganja Fortress Gates - the Museum of Archeology and Ethnography 20.jpg, Ganja Fortress Gates Monumental Complex
File:Gəncə - 20.07.17 - 21.jpg, Nizami Mausolem
File:Ä°mamzadeh religious complex in Ganja.jpg, Imamzadeh religious complex
See also
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Nizami raion (Ganja)
Nizami Rayon () is a municipal district of the city of Ganja, Azerbaijan, Ganja, the city of Azerbaijan. The district is named after poet Nizami Ganjavi. Its population is 152,000.
Details
Nizami raion was established as Ganja raion of Kirovab ...
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Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan is administratively divided into 67 districts () and 11 cities () that are subordinate to the Republic. Out of these districts and cities, 7 districts and 1 city are located within the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. The districts are fu ...
References
Ganja, Azerbaijan
Districts of Azerbaijan
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