Ganja-Dashkasan Economic Region

Ganja-Dashkasan Economic Region
Gəncə-Daşkəsən iqtisadi rayonu (Azerbaijani)
Economic region
Ganja-Dashkasan Economic Region in Azerbaijan
Ganja-Dashkasan Economic Region in Azerbaijan
CountryAzerbaijan
Established7 July 2021
Area
 • Total
5,270 km2 (2,030 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total
611,300
 • Density120/km2 (300/sq mi)
HDI (2022)0.724[2]
high · 6th

Ganja-Dashkasan Economic Region (Azerbaijani: Gəncə-Daşkəsən iqtisadi rayonu) is one of the 14 economic regions of Azerbaijan. It borders Georgia to the north and Armenia to the south, as well as the economic regions of Shaki-Zagatala, Central Aran, Karabakh, East Zangezur, and Gazakh-Tovuz. The region consists of the districts of Dashkasan, Goranboy, Goygol, Samukh, as well as the cities of Ganja and Naftalan.[3] It has an area of 5,270 square kilometres (2,030 sq mi). Its population was estimated to be at 611.3 thousand people in January 2021.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Territories, number and density of population by economic and administrative regions of the Republic of Azerbaijan". The State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan. 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org.
  3. ^ "New economic regions of Azerbaijan – LIST". Report News Agency. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2022.