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Key facts
- Country
- Azerbaijan
- Region
- Gazakh-Tovuz
- Established
- 8 August 1930
- Capital
- Gadabay
- Governor
- Orkhan Mursalov
- Total
- 1,230 km (470 sq mi)
- Density
- 89.3/km (231/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+4 ( AZT )
- Website
- gedebey-ih .gov .az
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Gadabay District (Azerbaijani: Gədəbəy rayonu) is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the west of the country and belongs to the Gazakh-Tovuz Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Dashkasan, Shamkir, Tovuz, and the Gegharkunik and Tavush provinces of Armenia. The Artsvashen exclave of Armenia is surrounded by the Gadabay District and is de facto controlled by Azerbaijan, administrated as part of Goranboy District. Its capital and largest city is Gadabay. As of 2020, the district had a population of 109,900.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gadabay District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.