Imishli District


Imishli is a rayon of Azerbaijan. Imishli and neighbouring Sabirabad rayon share Sarysu, the largest lake in Azerbaijan.
In August 1930, Qaradonlu was organised on Mil-Mugan historical fields as a region.
Earlier, during the Tsardom of Russia, Qaradonlu belonged to the Javad Khan administration.
The Qaradonlu region is situated in a favourable area near the Aras River providing water resources, productive land and caravan roads.
As early as the October Revolution, land-reclamation and irrigation work were made based on the intense irrigated plant-growing.
In 1906, the first School of Qaradonlu region was established, with many living-buildings, caravanserais, mills and shops in the area.
In 1933, Qaradonlu Machine-Tractor Plant was built in the Qaradonlu historical region.
As a result of the construction of the railway between Ələt and Yerevan, people moved from the center of region to suburbs of the railway stations.
The population increase motivated two-story brick buildings to be built among the Qaradonlu and Imishli villages, so the capital of the region was moved to here and the region was considered Imishli Rayon.
Imishli village was rapidly expanded, much like the capital of the region. Government houses were constructed, completely transforming the overall appearance of the village. In 1944, Imishli was awarded status of town-type settlement, which progressed to city status in the 1960s.
In 1959, on the Aras River in the Bəhramtəpə area, water storage was used - which was unique to that time period.
The Bash Mugam and Azizbaiov irrigation canals provided water not only to the land area of Imishli, but also to land areas of Bilasuvar District and Saatly District.

Populated Places

Outstanding people
The Kura-Aras region is bordered by the western Iran to the north and the Mughan Plain. The relief is plain. Most of its territory is below the ocean level. The Kur River along the northern border of the district, the Araz River flows from the central part. Grass-grass, partly gray and gray gray soils are spread in the district. There are natural mineral resources such as oil and gas and sand-gravel.
The mild warm and dry desert climate of the summer is widespread. The average temperature is 1.60C in January and 26.10C in July. Annual precipitation is 300 mm. The main vegetation is a semi-desert type of wormwood and saline. The forest area consists of poplars, cypresses, mulberries, ordinary pomegranates, horses, hips, and woods. The area has a diverse flora. There are wild boars, wolves, common foxes, gray rabbits and gazelles. Small mammals mostly represented by gums. From the birds, the pheasant, the larvae, is more than a hawk, adornment, and dove.

Education and culture

Since January 1942, the Public Education Department of Imishli District has begun its operation. Since January 1989, the name has been renamed to the Department of Public Education of the district, and from October 1993 - District Education Department. At present, the Imishli District Education Department has 62 general education schools, including 57 full-time, 3 general secondary, 2 primary schools and 2 out-of-school establishments.

Newspaper

The "Xalq sozu" newspaper, which has been published since 1990, has been headed by Baloglan Ganbarli, Boyukaga Huseynov, Mutallim Huseynov, Azay Hashimov, Mammad Gasimov, Hidayat Kazimov, Jafar Garayev, Shukur Seyfullayev and Murad Farzaliyev. Currently, the newspaper's head is Samed Ismayilov.
The name of the newspaperPublished date
“Qaradonlu kolxozçusu”1932
“İmişli kolxozçusu”1938-1962
“Yüksəliş”1962-1966
“Qızıl Ulduz”1966-1990
“Xalq sözü”1990

Reserves

Imishli District Court was established in 1938. Initial name of the Court was Garadonlu People's Court. From 8 August 1938, it was renamed to Imishli District People's Court.