Aran Economic Region ( az, Aran iqtisadi rayonu) was one of the 10 economic regions of
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...
. It bordered
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkm ...
to the south, as well as the economic regions of
Upper Karabakh
Nagorno-Karabakh ( ) is a landlocked country, landlocked region in the Transcaucasia, South Caucasus, within the mountainous range of Karabakh, lying between Lower Karabakh and Syunik Province, Syunik, and covering the southeastern range o ...
,
Ganja-Gazakh,
Shaki-Zagatala,
Mountainous Shirvan,
Absheron, and
Lankaran. The region consisted of the districts of
Agdash,
Aghjabadi,
Barda
Barda or BARDA may refer to:
Geography
*Barda District, a district in Azerbaijan
*Barda, Azerbaijan, a town in Azerbaijan
*Bârda, a village in Malovăț Commune, Mehedinți County, Romania
*Barda, Russia, several rural localities in Russia
*Bar ...
,
Beylagan,
Bilasuvar,
Jalilabad,
Goychay,
Hajigabul,
Imishli,
Kurdamir,
Neftchala,
Saatly
Saatly District () is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the centre of the country and belongs to the Central Aran Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Imishli, Sabirabad, and Bilasuvar. Its capital and lar ...
,
Sabirabad,
Salyan,
Ujar,
Yevlakh,
Zardab
Zardab District ( az, Zərdab rayonu) is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the centre of the country and belongs to the Central Aran Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Agdash, Ujar, Kurdamir, Imishli, ...
and the cities of
Mingachevir,
Shirvan and
Yevlakh.
Territory
The territory of the economic region was 21,430 km
2 and covers 24.7% of Azerbaijan.
Population
Geography and climate
More than 50% of the territory is plain areas below the sea level. The climate of the region is dry subtropical.
Natural resources
The major natural resources of the economic region are natural gas, oil, mineral water, and construction materials.
South-eastern and central regions of the economic region is rich with natural resources.
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Azərbaycan İqtisadiyyati
' The region has underground and above-ground fuel-energy resources.
Economy
Main economic indicators of the region are industry and agriculture.
Industry
The industrial sector of the region includes light and food industries, chemical, machinery, and construction material production. There are chemical industry enterprises in Salyan, Neftchala, and Mingechevir cities. Machinery is developed in Shirvan, Mingechevir, and Salyan. Enterprises of light industry are facilitated in all administrative divisions of the economic region. Major areas of the light industry in the region are cotton production, cotton clothing, artificial leather production, and carpet-making. 90% of cotton production of the country is produced in the Aran economic region. Fruit-vegetables processing, meat-milk, fishery canned products, and livestock products are part of food industry in the economic region.
Agriculture
Viniculture, dry-subtropical fruit-growing, wheat production, cotton production, and horticulture are the main parts of agriculture in the region.
Transportation
The region is on the high transport lines of Azerbaijan. Those transport lines connect the capital city Baku with other economic regions, as well as with Iran, Georgia, and Turkey. There is Yevlakh-Baku airline available as well.
Yevlakh Regional Business Center and Administrative Building of Aran
The total area of the center is over 6900 m
2. The center comprises a business center, administrative rooms, and auxiliary buildings, an exhibition hall, an assembly hall for 180 people and small conference halls. The purpose of the center is to identify prime concerns related to the socio-economic development of the Aran economic region, to make proposals on these concerns, implement regional policies, develop entrepreneurship, support small and medium entrepreneurs, organize awareness, consulting and information services.
See also
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Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan is administratively divided into 66 districts () and 11 cities () that are subordinate to the Republic. Out of these, 7 districts and 1 city is located within the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. The districts are further divided into mu ...
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Guba-Khachmaz economic region
Guba-Khachmaz Economic Region ( az, Quba-Xaçmaz iqtisadi rayonu) is one of the 14 economic regions of Azerbaijan. It borders Russia to the north, as well as the economic regions of Shaki-Zagatala, Mountainous Shirvan, and Absheron-Khizi. It ...
References
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Economic regions of Azerbaijan