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Gobustan District
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Key facts
- Country
- Azerbaijan
- Region
- Mountainous Shirvan
- Established
- 24 April 1990
- Capital
- Gobustan
- Governor
- Adil Mammadov
- Total
- 1,370 km (530 sq mi)
- Density
- 34.6/km (89.6/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+4 ( AZT )
- Website
- qobustan-ih .gov .az
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Gobustan District (Azerbaijani: Qobustan rayonu) is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the east of the country, in the Mountainous Shirvan Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Shamakhi, Khizi, Absheron, and Hajigabul. Its capital and largest city is Gobustan. As of 2020, the district had a population of 47,400.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gobustan District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.