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Key facts
- Country
- Azerbaijan
- Region
- Ganja-Dashkasan
- Established
- 28 February 1992
- Capital
- Samukh
- Governor
- Ali Gojayev
- Total
- 1,450 km (560 sq mi)
- Density
- 40.6/km (105/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+4 ( AZT )
- Website
- samux-ih .gov .az
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Azərbaycan Respublikası Samux Rayon İcra Hakimiyyəti
icra hakimiyyətinin rəsmi veb saytı
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Encyclopedic overview
Road sign at the entrance to Samukh District Samukh District (Azerbaijani: Samux rayonu) is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the north-west of the country and belongs to the Ganja-Dashkasan Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Goranboy, Goygol, Shamkir, Tovuz, Qakh, Yevlakh, city of Ganja and the Kakheti region of Georgia. Its capital and largest city is Samukh. As of 2020, the district had a population of 58,800. The northwest section of Mingachevir reservoir is in this district.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Samukh District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.