Ordubad District

Ordubad is a rayon of Azerbaijan in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. Ordubad district was established in 1930. In 1963, the district was abolished and given to the Julfa region. Since 1965, it has been an independent district. It borders on Iran in the south, Armenia in the north and west and Julfa region in the east and covers an area of 972 square kilometres (375 sq mi). There is 1 city, 3 settlements, and 43 villages within the district. The administrative centre of the district is the Ordubad city.[1]

For the capital of Ordubad District, see Ordubad.

Ordubad
Rayon
Map of Azerbaijan showing Ordubad Rayon
Country	Azerbaijan
Autonomous republic	Nakhchivan
Settlement	3
Villages	43
Capital	Ordubad
Area
• Total	970 km^2 (370 sq mi)
Population
• Total	42,700
• Density	44/km^2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)
Postal code	AZ6900
Telephone code	(+994) 36

Etymology

Ordubad is a name of Turco-Persian origin and means "city of army" (from Turkic ordu (army) and Persian bad (city)), which implies that the city was founded during the period of the Mongol or the ensuing Il-Khanid rule.[2]

History

Ordubad region was a part of the khanates of Erivan and Nakhchivan, which were dependencies of Qajar empire, with Ordubad forming the main town of the district of Aza-Jeran in the eastern part of the khanate of Nakhchivan.[2] After the Russo-Persian War and the Turkmanchay Treaty of 1828, the region was ceded to Imperial Russia, and became a part of Nakhchivan Uyezd of Erivan Governorate. Since 1921 Ordubad was a part of Nakhchivan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, which in 1990 became the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic within the Azerbaijan Republic.

Population

According to the State Statistics Committee, as of 2018, the population of city recorded 49,700 persons, which increased by 8,500 persons (about 20.6 percent) from 41,200 persons in 2000.[3] 24,700 of total population are men, 25,000 are women.[4] More than 25,9 percent of the population (about 12,900 persons) consists of young people and teenagers aged 14–29.[5]

The population of the district by the year (at the beginning of the year, thousand persons)[3]

Region	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Ordubad region	41,2	41,7	42,1	42,5	42,8	43,3	43,6	43,9	44,5	45,0	45,5	46,1	46,9	47,7	48,4	48,8	49,2	49,5	49,7
urban population	9,9	10,0	10,0	10,0	10,2	10,2	10,3	10,3	10,4	10,4	10,5	10,6	10,7	10,9	11,0	11,0	11,1	11,2	11,2
rural population	31,3	31,7	32,1	32,5	32,6	33,1	33,3	33,6	34,1	34,6	35,0	35,5	36,2	36,8	37,4	37,8	38,1	38,3	38,5

References

1. "Naxçıvan Ensiklopediyası" - 2 cilddə, II cild, Naxçıvan, 2005. səh 207. Archived 2016-07-01 at the Wayback Machine ISBN 5-8066-1468-9
2. Bosworth, C. Edmund. "ORDUBĀD". Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved 24 Nov 2014.
3. "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 2018-12-18.
4. "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". The State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
5. "Political division, population size and structure: Population at age 14-29 by towns and regions of the Republic of Azerbaijan at the beginning of the 2018". The State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Retrieved 2018-12-18.

External links

• "ORDUBĀD – Encyclopaedia Iranica". Encyclopædia Iranica. 20 Jul 2002. Retrieved 24 Nov 2014.

See also

• Ordubad National Park