Kurdamir district

The total area of ​​the district is 1631.50 square meters. km It borders with the Akhsuinsky , Geokchaysky , Udzharsky , Imishli , Sabirabad , Hajigabul , Zerdab regions.

Kurdamir region is located northwest of Baku , in Shirvan - the historical region of Azerbaijan . This is a beautiful, fertile area, very attractive for tourism and recreation - sometimes it is called Gulistan (flower garden). Summer is hot, the climate is steppe, with arid summers. The animal world is diverse - there are wild boars, wolves, foxes, jackals, pheasants, tauraches, wild ducks and geese. This region is famous for its vineyards, and the most famous grape variety is called "Shirvanshahly" (that is, shah). The Kurdamir region is famous for its carpet weaving traditions. The best-known type of local carpets on the world market is Shillan. These carpets are woven in the village of the same name, near Kurdamir .

Kurdamir region, which is part of the Aran Economic Region, as a center was established in 1930 .

There is an assumption that the name Kurdamir comes from the words “Kur” and “Damir” (in the Shirvan dialect, the word “Kur” is used for the meaning of eloquent, courageous, valiant, and by the word “Damir” was meant the leader of seven settlements based in this region Damir). According to another version, it is assumed that the name Kurdamir is derived from the words “Kur Daimir”, that is, not suffering disasters during the floods of the Kura River. Subsequently, the letter "th" was assimilated, and the name of the territory was transformed into "Kurdamir."

The area of ​​the district is 163,151 ha, which is 1.9% of the entire territory of the country. The district consists of 23 administrative units, 1 city, 2 villages and 61 municipalities.

Altitude is 200 meters, the average annual air temperature is 17.18 ° C, the average annual rainfall is 250-300 mm, the region has a dry subtropical climate.

According to the 1939 census, in the Kurdamir region of the Azerbaijan SSR, Azerbaijanis made up 87.5%, Russians - 6.2%, Lezghins - 5.0% ^[1] .

According to the 1999 census, in the Kurdamir region, the Lezghins accounted for - (0.1)% ^[2] .

There are 58 rural, 2 settlement and 1 city government bodies in the district.

1. Kurdamir City Municipality
2. Carrara Town Municipality
3. Garabudzhagsky settlement municipality
4. Municipality of Boyuk Kangarli Village
5. Ismayilli Village Municipality
6. Municipality of Bala Kangarli Village
7. Shahbayli Village Municipality
8. Municipality of Ujarly village
9. Jaili Village Municipality
10. Municipality of Garasaggal Village
11. Municipality of Bagman Village
12. Municipality of Topalgasanly Village
13. Municipality of Garagodzhaly village
14. Municipality of the village of Shahseven
15. Municipality of Shykhimly village
16. Municipality of Atakishili Village
17. Murtullu Village Municipality
18. Municipality of Dairmanli village
19. Municipality of Jenikent Village
20. Municipality of Takla Village
21. Municipality of Gahajıllı Village
22. Municipality of Khirdapai Village
23. Municipality of Gourd Bayram Village
24. Municipality of Garabujag Village
25. Municipality of Shillan Village
26. Shushun Village Municipality
27. Municipality of Soydlyar Village
28. Municipality of the village of Sovla
29. Kohunlu Village Municipality
30. Karamahmudlu Village Municipality
31. Municipality of Arabhana Village
32. Chartayaz Village Municipality
33. Chol Arab Village Municipality
34. Municipality of Muradhan Village
35. Municipality of Sor-Sor Village
36. Municipality of Pirili Village
37. Municipality of Mollakent Village
38. Municipality of Turkadi Village
39. Gushlar Village Municipality
40. Jarly Village Municipality
41. Municipality of Gojaly village
42. Halsa Village Municipality
43. Beiji Village Municipality
44. Municipality of Piracocha village
45. Municipality of Akhtachi village
46. Municipality of Garabujag Village
47. Municipality of Mehdili Village
48. Municipality of Dayikazimly village
49. Gochulu Village Municipality
50. Municipality of Oilyagulu Village
51. Municipality of Arabgubaly Village
52. Municipality of the village of Chokhranly
53. Municipality of Yeni Shykhimly village
54. Municipality of the village of Chol Kubala
55. Magerramla village municipality
56. Municipality of Sygyrly village
57. Municipality of the village of Carrar
58. Garys-Ayriband Village Municipality
59. Hynyslı village municipality
60. Municipality of Muganly village

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