Jalilabad District (Azerbaijan)

Jalilabad
Rayon

Map of Azerbaijan showing Jalilabad Rayon
Country Azerbaijan
Capital Cəlilabad
Area[1][2]
 • Total 1,440 km2 (560 sq mi)
Population (2011)[3]
 • Total 196,500
Postal code AZ1500
Telephone code (+994) 25[4]

Jalilabad (Azerbaijani: Cəlilabad) is a rayon of Azerbaijan. The capital is the city of Cəlilabad (also spelled Jalilabad).The total area of the rayon is 669,36 square kilometers . There are 2 cities (Jalilabad and Goytepe) and 117 villages in the rayon. The center is Jalilabad city. The distance between the capital of Azerbaijan - Baku and Jalilabad is 221 km (the shortest distance between them is 176 km= 109 miles).

Geography

Population

The district has a population of 178692 people (49,1% male, 50,9% female). Of these, 219,286 are Azerbaijani, 130 Russian, 15 Turkish, 14 Tatars, 12 Ukrainian, 21 Talyshs and 22 other nationals.

Territory

The rayon borders upon Bilasuvar Rayon in the north, Neftchala Rayon in the east, Masally Rayon in the south, Yardymli Rayon in the south-west and Iran in the south.

Its territory consists of plains and low mountains. The altitude of some mountains in the east is below sea level. Climate is mild with dry summer. Average temperature is equal to 1-3°C in winter and 25-30°C in summer. Amount of annual precipitation is 400-600 mm. The Bolgarchay, Misharchay, Injachay, Goytapachay and other rivers flow through the rayon. Soils here are alluvial-meadow, chestnut, mountainous brown, forest soils and others. Forests occupy 17,7 thousand ha, and there is also a winter quarters for birds. Animals such as rabbit, wild boar, badger, wolf, fox, jackal, beaver and others, birds such as eagle, crow, lark, duck, coot, pheasant, stork, bustard and others inhabit the district.[5]

Natural resources include oil-and-gas fields, lime, clay, sand and stone deposits. Total area of productive lands is 661,2 sq.km, area of useless agricultural lands is 8,16 sq.km.

History

Jalilabad Center

The town of Hamashara, which was located in Jalilabad region, belongs to the 2nd millennium BC. The city was surrounded by a 3 meter high fort. After the Arabs invaded the territory, the city of Hamashara was collapsed and in subsequent periods the city of Hasilly was established. As a result of the relocation of Russians to Azerbaijan in the 1930s, the city of Astarkhanbazar, where Azerbaijanis and Russians lived together, became the center of the region.

The rayon was originated on August 8, 1930. Until July 2. [6] It was called Astarkhanbazar as of 1967. On June 2, 1967 its name was changed to Jalilabad in honor of Azerbaijani writer-playwright Jalil Mammadguluzadeh. On May 26, 1964, Jalilabad joined Bilasuvar administrative territorial unit. On January 6, 1965 it again became an independent rayon.

In 1999 more than 190 municipalities were established in the rayon. In the election of the municipalities 841 people took part.

There are 50 historical and archeological monuments such as the remains of the ancient cities Bajirevan and Mughan, Alikomektepe and Misharchay residential areas,the Kazan lodge, the Bajiravan mounds, Gurudere residential area belonging to the 4th millennium B.C., Jinlitepe which belongs to the Bronze Age, and Pirakhanjar, Zoroastrian cabins in the district. [7]

Economy

The main spheres of the regional economy are cotton growing, potato growing and animal breeding.  About 276 sq.km of area is used for cattle-breeding pastures. Planted lands in the region cover 536 sq. km. Grain, potato and viticulture in the economy of Jalilabad region are the main ones. In addition, vegetables, sunflower and corn are grown in the territory. The total area of fruit gardens in the rayon is 1,83 square kilometers.

In 2017 the volume of gross domestic product increased by 4.8 times compared to 2003 and by 62.6% compared to 2016. 7 million 244 thousand manats industrial output was produced in the region, which is 11.4 times more than in 2003.

In the same year 282 million 376 thousand manats agricultural products were produced, of which 139 million 864 thousand manats or 49.5 percent of the crops, 142 million 512 thousand manats or 50.5 percent of livestock.

In addition 23 thousand tons of meat, 82.4 thousand tons of milk and 41.3 million eggs were produced. 222 thousand cattle and 624572 birds are fed in private farms. Also 3635 tons of poultry meat was sold by "Jalilabad-broiler" OJSC in 2017.

There are about 250 state, more than 800 private and 5 foreign enterprises operating in the region. The largest ones are  Centre of forest preserve and restoration, “Avtodəmir” JSC, Irrigation Department, Melioservice, Regional experiment station, "Kənd-Nəqliyyat" JSC, "Kərpic zavodu" JSC, "Kristal" Ltd, "Dalğa-94", "Nuranə" medical center, “Xalçaçılıq Mərkəzi”, "Rizvan" and “Duyaz” companies.

There are 5 city and 3 rural health clinics in the region, 176 doctors and 528 midwives in 40 outpatient clinics.

Tourism

Territory of Jalilabad region is appropriate for hunting. About 14.7 thousand hectares are covered with forests. It is allowed to hunt water birds in certain hunting farms. There is a small local history museum, park, hotel and motel in Jalilabad. "Kral" recreation zone is functioning in Jalilabad city.

Media, Education and Culture

Jalilabad rayon has its own TV and radio stations, and newspapers called “Yeni gun”, "Sozun ishigi" and "Munasibet". “Yeni gun” is published since 1932.  The "Sozun ishigi" and "Munasibet" newspapers began its operation between 2003 and 2004

There are 18 infant schools, 129 general education schools, 2 vocational and secondary schools, and a higher school in the rayon. In 2010 President took part in the opening ceremony of the chess school in Jalilabad city.[8]

There are 2 music schools, 43 clubs, 64 libraries, an art gallery, and parks in the district, a centralized library with 601893 books, regional history and ethnography museum with 2123 exhibits, regional state art gallery with 137 exhibits, and 50 historical and cultural monuments in the region.

Prominent persons

Mustafa Nuriyev – general-major

Javad Gasimov - Head of the Staff of the National Defense of Azerbaijan

Gabil Guliyev - National artists of Azerbaijan

Nuraddin Mehdikhanli - National artists of Azerbaijan

Teymur Mustafayev - Honoured artist of Azerbaijan

Mansure Musayeva - Hero of the Socialist Labour

Gulkhara Mehdiyeva - Hero of the Socialist Labour

Musret Mammadov - Hero of the Socialist Labour

Mharram Aliyev - Hero of the Socialist Labour

Boukkhan Mammadov - Hero of the Socialist Labour

References

  1. ↑ "Cəlilabad Rayonu". Archived from the original on 2013-04-15.
  2. ↑ "Cəlilabad Rayonu".
  3. ↑ "Cəlilabad Rayonu". The State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Archived from the original on 2012-06-25.
  4. ↑ "Şəhərlərarası telefon kodları". Aztelekom MMC. Aztelekom İB. Retrieved 19 August 2015. (in Azerbaijani)
  5. ↑ "Джалилабадский район". azerbaijan.az.
  6. ↑ "Jalilabad". discoverazerbaijan.az. Archived from the original on 2013-09-04.
  7. ↑ "Information on the administrative-territorial unit : Jelilabad".
  8. ↑ "President Ilham Aliyev opens a chess school in Jalilabad".

Coordinates: 39°12′N 48°18′E / 39.200°N 48.300°E / 39.200; 48.300

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