Sabirabad is a rayon of Azerbaijan whose capital which lies at the junction of the Araz and Kura rivers. The low-lying area is dependent on canals and dams whose damage during 2010 caused waters from Lake Sarisu to flood several of the region's villages.
History
The area of Sabirabad is rich with ancient monuments and settlements. As a result of the excavation in the district, ancient necropolis as well as settlements which belong to V-I, V-II, and I B.C were found in Surra, Javad, Abdulyan, Garatepe, Guruzma, Garagashil, Bulagli, Zangana and Galagayin. Materials which were found in “Shahargah” place of the village show that the ancient findings belong to 11th-12th centuries. Historically, some nations attacked Mughan lands known as “Khaver zemin”, “Guneshli land”. However, all those pressures were overcome. Since that time, “Khaver Zamin” replaced with Galagayin. Currently, Sabirabad district has Galagayin village. The biggest village of the district is Javad which has been a historical city. Javad has been a center of Javad Khanlig. Javad became part of Guba Khanlig in 1768. When Azerbaijan became part of Russia, a number of Russians were settled in Javad. The district was named Petropavlovka in 1988. Sabirabad district was organized on August 8, 1930. On October 7, 1931, Petropavlokva was renamed after famous Azerbaijani satirical poet M.A.Sabir with the decree of Azerbaijan Central Executive Committee. On May 25, 1943 Saatli District turned into an integral part of Sabirabad. The Saatli district was joined to Sabirabad on January 4, 1963 and it continued until January 14, 1965. The downtown was renamed a town-type settlement on November 7, 1952, and since December 4, 1959 the district has been called Sabirabad.
According to the State Statistics Committee, as of 2018, the population of city recorded 174,800 persons, which increased by 36400 persons from 138,400 persons in 2000. 87,800 of total population are men, 87000 are women. More than 13 percent of the population consists of young people and teenagers aged 14–29.
There are 3rd and 4th category railways in the district. The roads lengthen 522 km. Country indicator is 7.9 percent. The republican significance motorway lengthens 243 km. The country indicator is 8.6%. The highway lengthens 279 km. The country indicator is 7.8 percent. Rail transport is also widely used in the region.
Historical monuments
One of the oldest monuments on Sabirabad is Bad Samid's tomb, which was built in the 16th century. Another old monument is Mosque Galayagin which belongs to the 17th century, the Shemakha Mosque which was built in 1903.
2018 wheat production: · Wheat-15215 hectares · Barley-9430 hectares · Grain-24645 hectares In 2018, the economic growth was equal to 39221 thousand manat. The main sector in this region is primary. GDP of this region is 437244 manat. Production of production is equal to 18169,4 tones.
