Ordubad District


Ordubad is a rayon of Azerbaijan in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. Ordubad district was established in 1930. In 1963, the district was abolished and given to the Julfa region. Since 1965, it has been an independent district. It borders on Iran in the south, Armenia in the north and west and Julfa region in the east and covers an area of. There is 1 city, 3 settlements, and 43 villages within the district. The administrative centre of the district is the Ordubad city.

Etymology

Ordubad is a name of Turco-Persian origin and means "city of army" and Persian bad ), which implies that the city was founded during the period of the Mongol or the ensuing Il-Khanid rule.

History

Ordubad region was a part of the khanates of Erivan and Nakhchivan, which were dependencies of Qajar empire, with Ordubad forming the main town of the district of Aza-Jeran in the eastern part of the khanate of Nakhchivan. After the Russo-Persian War and the Turkmanchay Treaty of 1828, the region was ceded to Imperial Russia, and became a part of Nakhchivan Uyezd of Erivan Governorate. Since 1921 Ordubad was a part of Nakhchivan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, which in 1990 became the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic within the Azerbaijan Republic.

Population

According to the State Statistics Committee, as of 2018, the population of city recorded 49,700 persons, which increased by 8,500 persons from 41,200 persons in 2000. 24,700 of total population are men, 25,000 are women. More than 25,9 percent of the population consists of young people and teenagers aged 14–29.
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Ordubad region41,241,742,142,542,843,343,643,944,545,045,546,146,947,748,448,849,249,549,7
urban population9,910,010,010,010,210,210,310,310,410,410,510,610,710,911,011,011,111,211,2
rural population31,331,732,132,532,633,133,333,634,134,635,035,536,236,837,437,838,138,338,5