Goranboy District

Goranboy District
Map of Azerbaijan showing Goranboy District
Map of Azerbaijan showing Goranboy District
Country Azerbaijan
RegionGanja-Dashkasan
Established8 August 1930
CapitalGoranboy
Settlements[1]87
Government
 • GovernorMaharram Guliyev
Area
 • Total1,700 km2 (700 sq mi)
Population
 • Total105,000
 • Density62/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
Postal code
2200
Websitegoranboy-ih.gov.az

Goranboy District (Azerbaijani: Goranboy rayonu) is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the west of the country in the Ganja-Dashkasan Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Kalbajar, Tartar, Yevlakh, Samukh, and Goygol. Its capital and largest city is Goranboy. As of 2020, the district had a population of 105,000.[2]

During the Soviet era, the region was best known for the oil-cure sanatorium resort of Naftalan, though administratively Naftalan counts as an independent city. Naftalan is now starting to operate again following several years of virtual inaction when the resorts were filled with refugees from the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.

  1. ^ "İnzibati-ərazi vahidləri" (PDF). preslib.az. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Population of Azerbaijan". stat.gov.az. State Statistics Committee. Retrieved 22 February 2021.