Nasimi rayon () 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
Baku
Baku (, ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Azerbaijan, largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and in the Caucasus region. Baku is below sea level, which makes it the List of capital ci ...
, capital of
Azerbaijan
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, named after
Imadaddin Nasimi and formed on June 13, 1969. The administrative territory of the Nasimi district, one of the central districts of Baku, is 10 km² and as of 2023, the population is 222,618 in the official registration. The raion is bordered from the northeast by
Narimanov raion, from the south by
Sabail raion, from the west by
Yasamal raion and from the north by
Binagadi raion. The executive government of Nasimi rayon was founded in November 1991.
The raion houses the ministries of
Finance
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and
Healthcare
Health care, or healthcare, is the improvement or maintenance of health via the preventive healthcare, prevention, diagnosis, therapy, treatment, wikt:amelioration, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other disability, physic ...
,
State Committee on Standardization, Metrology and Patents,
State Railway Department, State Energy Control Office, State Circus and some other institutions. Nasimi Municipality operates in the district. There are no settlements, villages, and other administrative territorial units in Nasimi district. There are 19 large industrial enterprises, 4 Scientific Research and Design Institutes, 13 banks and their branches, 9 communication enterprises, and 11 hotels. The largest enterprise according to the number of employees is "Baku Tikish Evi" OJSC. There are 8 secondary schools, 4 secondary and vocational schools, 8 secondary schools (
Azerbaijan Oil Academy,
Music Academy,
Azerbaijan Medical University,
Azerbaijan University of Languages,
Azerbaijan Slavic University,
Baku Asian University,
Azerbaijan University,
Baku Girls University) educational institution, 2 music schools, 47 nursery-kindergartens, 11 hospitals, 11 polyclinics, 13 architectural monuments.
2,457 families (10,872 persons) from
Nagorno-Karabakh and other occupied territories have been temporarily settled in the region.
Transportation
Railroad
Baku suburban railway
The Baku suburban railway () or Absheron Circular line () is a commuter rail service which began in 2019, serving the Azerbaijani capital Baku.
Background
In 2016, Chairman of Azerbaijan Railways Javid Gurbanov confirmed that work was underway ...
at
Baku railway station is located in this area.
Metro
28 May and
Jafar Jabbarli metro stations are located in this area.
References
External links
Executive Power of Nasimi raion
1969 establishments in the Soviet Union
Districts of Baku
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