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Key facts
- Country
- Azerbaijan
- Region
- Lankaran-Astara
- Established
- 8 August 1930
- Capital
- Astara
- Governor
- Gazanfar Aghayev
- Total
- 620 km (240 sq mi)
- Density
- 180/km (460/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+4 ( AZT )
- Postal code
- 0700
- Website
- astara-ih .gov .az
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Azerbaijan
- Located in
- Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
- Capital
- Astara
- Population
- 108634
- Area
- 616
- Elevation
- 534
- Time zone
- UTC+04:00
- Official website
- astara-ih.gov.az
- Image
- Astara rayon.jpg
- Dialing code
- (25)
- Licence plate code
- 07
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- Commons category
- Astara Rayon
- topic's main category
- Category:Astara District
- topic has template
- Template:Astara District
- office held by head of government
- governor
- language used
- Talysh
- inception
- 1965-00-00
- postal code
- AZ0700
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Encyclopedic overview
Astara District (Azerbaijani: Astara rayonu) is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the southeast of the country, in the Lankaran-Astara Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Lankaran and Lerik, as well as the Ardabil and Gilan provinces of Iran. Its capital and largest city is Astara. As of 2020, the district had a population of 110,000.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Astara District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.