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
Rayon
Map of Azerbaijan showing Shabuz Rayon
Country	Azerbaijan
Autonomous republic	Nakhchivan
Settlement	1
Villages	22
Capital	Şahbuz
Government
• Executive power	Quliyev N.
Area
• Total	836.58 km^2 (323.01 sq mi)
Population
• Total	21,800
• Density	26/km^2 (67/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+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:

#	Municipality	Population
1	Şahbuz	4507
2	Keçili	1663
3	Kolanı	1379
4	Kükü	1451
5	Şahbuzkənd	1187
6	Külüs	1169
7	Biçənək	1157
8	Badamlı	1078
9	Aşağı Qışlaq	904
10	Nursu	799
11	Mahmudoba	797
12	Qızıl Qışlaq	692
13	Sələsüz	588
14	Badamlı	582
15	Güney Qışlaq	545
16	Ayrınc	544
17	Yuxarı Qışlaq	516
18	Gömür	474
19	Ağbulaq	436
20	Türkeş	399
21	Daylaqlı	395
22	Mərəlik	215
23	Kiçikoba	171
24	Şada	161
25	Total	21,809

Notable natives

• Mammad Araz (14 October 1933, Nursu, Shahbuz District – 1 December 2004, Baku, Azerbaijan), People's poet of Azerbaijan.
• Tagi Ahmedov, (born 1 February 1948, Güney Qışlaq, Shahbuz District) Chairman of the New Azerbaijan Party in Yasamal District and former chief of Baku Subway.[8]

See also

• Shahbuz State Reserve

External links

• District of Shahbuz

References

1. Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. District of Shahbuz
2. "Naxçıvan Ensiklopediyası" - 2 cilddə, II cild, Naxçıvan, 2005. Archived 2016-07-01 at the Wayback Machine ISBN 5-8066-1468-9
3. AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASI PREZİDENTİNİN SƏRƏNCAMI
4. Naxçıvan Muxtar Respublikasının Şahbuz rayonunun inzibati ərazi bölgüsündə qismən dəyişikliklər edilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikasının Qanunu
5. Woods, John E. (April 1987). "The Rise of Tīmūrid Historiography". Journal of Near Eastern Studies. 46 (2): 86, 99–101. JSTOR 545014.
6. "Political division, population size and structure: Population by towns and regions of the Republic of Azerbaijan". The State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
7. "Political division, population size and structure: Population by sex, towns and regions, urban settlements of the Republic of Azerbaijan at the beginning of the 2018". Azərbaycan Respublikasının Dövlət Statistika Komitəsi (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2018-12-13.
8. Tağı Əhmədov: "Kim nə istəyir, yazsın"

• "Naxçıvan Ensiklopediyası" - 2 cilddə, II cild, Naxçıvan, 2005. ISBN 5-8066-1468-9