Key facts
- Country
- Azerbaijan
- Region
- Lankaran-Astara
- Established
- 8 August 1930
- Capital
- Lerik
- Governor
- Akbar Abbasov
- Total
- 1,084 km (419 sq mi)
- Density
- 80/km (210/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+4 ( AZT )
- Website
- lerik-ih .gov .az
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Zuvand rayonu
- Country
- Azerbaijan
- Located in
- Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
- Capital
- Lerik
- Population
- 84711
- Area
- 1084
- Elevation
- 1165
- Time zone
- UTC+04:00
- Official website
- lerik-ih.gov.az
- Image
- Lerik Azerbaijan 01.JPG
- Dialing code
- 157
- Licence plate code
- 43
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- Commons category
- Lerik Rayon
- topic's main category
- Category:Lerik District
- inception
- 1930-08-08
- topic has template
- Template:Lerik District
- postal code
- AZ 4300
- language used
- Talysh
- native label
- Lerik rayonu
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Encyclopedic overview
Lerik District (Azerbaijani: Lerik rayonu) is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the southeast of the country and belongs to the Lankaran-Astara Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Yardimli, Masally, Lankaran, Astara and the Ardabil Province of Iran. Its capital and largest city is Lerik. As of 2020, the district had a population of 87,000. It is located between the Talysh Mountains and the agricultural plain of the Lankaran Lowland.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lerik District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.