Nəsimi raion

Nasimi rayon (Azerbaijani: Nəsimi rayonu) is a settlement and raion of Baku, named after Imadaddin Nasimi and formed on June 13, 1969. The administrative territory of the Nasimi district, one of the central districts of Baku, is 10 km² and the population is 215 120 in the official registration [1] The raion is bordered from north-east by Narimanov raion, from south by Sabail raion, from west by Yasamal raion and from north by Binagadi raion. Executive government of Nasimi rayon was founded in November, 1991. Current head of the executive power is Nasib Mahamaliyev (since March 3, 2006).

Locator map of Nasimi raion in Baku

The raion houses the ministries of Finance and Healthcare, State Committee on Standardization, Metrology and Patents, State Railway Department, State Energy Control Office, State Circus and some other institutions. Nasimi Municipality operates in the district. There are no settlements, villages and other administrative territorial units in Nasimi district. There are 19 large industrial enterprises, 4 Scientific Research and Design Institute, 13 banks and their branches, 9 communication enterprises and 11 hotels. The largest enterprise according to the number of employees is "Baku Tikish Evi" OJSC. There are 8 secondary schools, 4 secondary and vocational schools, 8 secondary schools (Azerbaijan Oil Academy, Music Academy, Azerbaijan Medical University, Azerbaijan University of Languages, Azerbaijan Slavic University, Baku Asian University, Azerbaijan University, Baku Girls University) educational institution, 2 music schools, 47 nursery-kindergartens, 11 hospitals, 11 polyclinics, 13 architectural monuments.

2457 families (10872 persons) from Nagorno-Karabakh and other occupied territories have been temporarily settled in the region. There are 152 martyrs (138 of them are martyrs of war in Karabakh and 14 are martyred 20)[2]