Agjabadi district

The name of the district comes from the name of the district center, the city of Agjabadi. The toponym Agjabadi comes from the Türkic words “agja” (grayish) and “bet” (mountainside) ^[1] . This information is confirmed by the relief and views of the area.

The area was formed on August 8, 1930. January 4, 1963 liquidated and annexed to the Agdam region, re-formed on January 6, 1965 ^[2] .

The area borders in the northwest with Bardinsky , in the north-east with Zardobsky , in the east with Beylagansky , in the south with Fizulinsky , in the south-west with Khojavend and in the west with Aghdam regions.

The Agjabadi district is located on the Mil and Karabakh plains of the Kura-Araks lowland. The relief of the region is low-lying, gradually rising from the north-east to the south-west. The territory of the district is formed from continental alluvial and marine deposits of the Anthropogenic system. Until recently, there were clay deposits. On the territory of Agjabadi district gray-meadow, gray, meadow-gray soils are common ^[3] . In the central part, salty and solonchak soils are found. In the Soviet period, land reclamation and drainage works were carried out in the region ^[4] . Plants of the steppe and semi-desert type. On the banks of the Kura there are shrubberies that have thinned Tugai forests. Landscapes are mostly semi-desert. Of the animals in the region, gazelles , wolves , wild boars , jackals , foxes , nutria , badgers , hares , mouse gerbils and others live ^[5] . Of the birds - turuchs , pigeons , black-bellied sandgrouse , pheasants . The Ak-Gol National Park is located on the territory, which contains 15 species of animals, 20 species of fish and 40 species of plants; up to 300 different species of birds winter and nest and winter in the park.

The climate is mild, dry, subtropical. The average temperature in January is 1.2 - 1.7 ° C, in July 25 - 26 ° C. The average annual rainfall is 300-500 mm ^[3] . The river network is sparse, about 45 km from the north-eastern border, the Kura River flows through the central part - Karkarchay ^[4] . The Verkhne-Karabakh and Ordzhonikidze canals named after the district. There are salt lakes.

There are 1 city and 45 rural municipalities in the district.

1. Agjabadi city municipality .
2. Shahseyan rural municipality.
3. Khojavand Rural Municipality.
4. Mehrablinsky rural municipality.
5. Karavellinsky rural municipality.
6. Aransky rural municipality.
7. Salmanbek rural municipality.
8. Tazakend (Khusulinsky) rural municipality.
9. Koyuk rural municipality.
10. Bala Kekhrisi rural municipality.
11. Minachorlousse rural municipality.
12. Kebirlik rural municipality.
13. Hajibedellik rural municipality.
14. Sarvan rural municipality.
15. Ashagi Avshar rural municipality.
16. Yeni Karadolagsky rural municipality.
17. Tainag rural municipality.
18. Ranjbarlar Rural Municipality.
19. Karakhan rural municipality.
20. Kurdlar rural municipality.
21. Hajilar rural municipality.
22. Boyadsky rural municipality.
23. Mugan rural municipality.
24. Poladsky rural municipality.
25. Karadolagsky rural municipality.
26. Giyameddinlik rural municipality.
27. Shahsevan Tazakend rural municipality.
28. Khusuluk rural municipality.
29. Senlik rural municipality.
30. Aghabeylik rural municipality.
31. Periogullar rural municipality.
32. Arazbar rural municipality.
33. Sharafkhan rural municipality.
34. Jafarbeylik rural municipality.
35. Kahrizlik rural municipality.
36. Bilagan rural municipality.
37. Shotlanlik rural municipality.
38. Shahmallar rural municipality.
39. Gindar rural municipality.
40. Imamgulubeylik rural municipality.
41. Sarydzhalik rural municipality.
42. Gelebedinsky rural municipality.
43. Avshar rural municipality.
44. Najafgulubeylik rural municipality.
45. Yuhara Giyameddinliksky rural municipality.
46. Mirzahagerdilik rural municipality.

In 1976, the population density was 36.7 people per km² ^[4] , in 2009 this figure was 69 people per km².

As of 2009, 62% of the population lives in villages ^[10] .

In Soviet times, the region developed mainly agriculture, increased turnover of cotton, livestock (mainly sheep) and sericulture ^[4] . In 1975, 21 collective farms and 1 state farm worked in the district. In 1975, there were 75.7 thousand hectares in the suitable land area - of which: 33.4 thousand hectares of arable land, 1.8 thousand hectares of land allocated for perennial plants, 600 hectares allocated for haying, 39.9 thousand hectares of pasture ^[4] . Of 33.4 thousand hectares, 30% is allocated for grain and leguminous crops, 40% for industrial crops, namely cotton, 1% for vegetables and potatoes, 29% for fodder crops. Under the vineyards allocated 1 thousand hectares. State farms and collective farms of the region contained 12.8 thousand heads of cattle and 146.8 thousand heads of small cattle. In 1975, the district farms sold 18.6 thousand tons of grain and 39.1 thousand tons of cotton to the state ^[4] . In the area there were an inter-district machine repair plant, an oil and cheese factory and a winery, a regional department of the Azselkhoztekhnika trust, a production plant and a consumer services plant.

Today the region belongs to the Aransky economic region. Agjabadi district is mainly an agricultural region ^[5] . Cotton growing, grain-growing and sericulture flourish in the area. Farms for 2007 contained 74662 heads of cattle and 303830 heads of small cattle, 1520 heads of horses and 279447 heads of poultry. There are 81.5 thousand hectares of fertile land, of which 60 thousand hectares are allocated for pasture, 55.3 thousand hectares are sown, and 800 hectares are allocated for orchards ^[3] . In 2018, the district's cotton growers received more than 20 thousand tons of cotton.

A total of 844.9 kilometers of roads pass through the district.

In order to provide the population with electricity continuously, 4 substations operate in the Agjabadi district.

In 2013, there were 30 automatic telephone exchanges in the district, providing communications to all 46 settlements of the district. As of 2008, there are 29 post offices in the district ^[3] . In 2003-2013, the number of telephone numbers increased by 2.4 times, and the number of Internet users in the area increased by 7.7 times ^[11] .

Since 1932, the social and political newspaper "Aran" (earlier "Suret") has been published in the district ^[12] . In 1936, radio broadcasting began in the district ^[4] .

In the region, in 2009 there were 36 pre-school institutions, 62 secondary schools in which at that time 21146 students, a secondary technical school, branches of the Azerbaijan Pedagogical Institute and the Sumgait Music College, Agjabadi Pedagogical College, art school, mugam center, 8 music schools, 43 houses of culture and clubs, 3 museums and 74 libraries ^[3] .

In the Agjabadi district, there are 12 hospitals with 685 beds, 17 medical outpatient clinics, a center for epidemiology and hygiene, 22 feldsher-obstetric centers ^[5] . In 2009, 165 doctors worked in the district’s medical facilities, including 4 dentists, 623 paramedical workers, including 69 obstetricians ^[3] .

In August 2009, during the research in the territory of the village of Salmanbeyli of the Agjabadi district, carried out by employees of the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography of ANAS , the remains of the city that existed at the intersection of the ancient and middle ages were discovered. As a result of the research, fortress walls with a height of more than 5 meters, a street with a length of 15 meters and other construction remains were discovered. The monument was layered, the upper layer covers the medieval period, XI - XII centuries , the second layer - the early Middle Ages, and the lower layer - the ancient period ^[13] .

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