Jabrayil District | |
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 Map of Azerbaijan showing Jabrayil District | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| Region | East Zangezur |
| Established | 8 August 1930 |
| Capital | Jabrayil (nominal) Jojug Marjanly (de facto) |
| Settlements[1] | 93 |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Kamal Hasanov |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,050 km2 (410 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 81,700 (nominal) |
| • Density | 77.8/km2 (202/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
| Postal code | 1400 |
| Website | cabrail-ih |
Jabrayil District (Azerbaijani:Cəbrayıl rayonu) is one of the 66districts ofAzerbaijan. It is located in the south-west of the country and belongs to theEast Zangezur Economic Region.[3] The district borders the districts ofKhojavend,Fuzuli,Qubadli,Zangilan, and theIslamic Republic of Iran.
Its capital isJabrayil, however since the city is completely ruined following its occupation by ethnic Armenian forces, the currentde facto capital isJojug Marjanly until Jabrayil is rebuilt. As of 2020, the district had a nominal population of 81,700.[2]
The name of Jabrayil was taken from the name of the village Jabrayil that was the centre of the region. Father Jabrayil, who was the founder of the village Jabrayil, was one of the closes of the ruler by name Sultan Ahmed who lived in the 8th century and the territories between Zuyaret Mountain and the river Araz belonged to Father Jabrayil and his sons.[4]
In pre-modern times, the current territory of Jabrayil District is believed to have formed the southern part of the canton (gavaṛ) of Myus Haband (known as Belukan orDizak in the medieval era) of the historic Armenian province ofArtsakh. HistorianSamvel Karapetyan considers it likely that most of the area's Armenian population had left by the early 18th century.[5] In the tsarist era, Jabrayil District (which was a part of theJebrail Uyezd of theElisabethpol Governorate) was mainly populated by nomadic or semi-nomadic Turkic-speakers (i.e.Azerbaijanis), as well as a minority of sedentaryArmenians and a small number ofRussianMolokan settlers.[5] The nomadic population was settled in the Soviet period.[5]
The territory was occupied byArmenian forces on August 23, 1993, during theFirst Nagorno-Karabakh War. It was administrated as a part ofHadrut Province of the self-proclaimedNagorno-Karabakh Republic, save for the village ofJojug Marjanly, which was recaptured on January 6, 1994 duringOperation Horadiz. This village was the provisional centre of this district until the recapture ofJabrayil in 2020.
The region with 1,050 square km area, including 72 secondary schools, eight hospitals, five mosques, two museums, 120 historic monuments, 149 cultural centres and about 100 villages that remained in the area were totally destroyed.[dubious –discuss]
During the2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, on October 9, 2020, theAzerbaijani Ministry of Defence announced the recapture of the district's central town,Jabrayil, from Armenian forces.[6] On October 20, 2020, Azerbaijani PresidentIlham Aliyev announced the recapture ofSafarsha,Hesengaydi,Fuganli,Imambaghi,Dash Veysalli,Aghtepe andYarakhmedli villages of Jabrayil district.[7] On October 21–22, 2020, 9 more villages of the district were recaptured, according to Azerbaijani sources.[8][9] In November 2020,Azerishiq announced that it had begun supplying electricity to the district.[10]
According to theState Statistics Committee of Azerbaijan Republic as of 2013, there is 1 city, 4 settlements and 92 villages in the district which has a territory of 1050 km2.[11]
| Year | Population | ±% |
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| 1897 | 66,360 | — |
| 1926 | 75,371 | +13.6% |
| 1939 | 23,502 | −68.8% |
| 1959 | 26,377 | +12.2% |
| 1970 | 37,227 | +41.1% |
| 1979 | 43,047 | +15.6% |
| 1989 | 49,156 | +14.2% |
| 1999 | 59,318 | +20.7% |
| 2009 | 70,585 | +19.0% |
| Note: Population size may be affected by changes in administrative divisions. Source:www | ||
At the time of the1979 Soviet census, the ethnic makeup of the district's population whose ethnicity was known (43,047 people) was:[12]
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