Ganja-Gazakh Economic Region

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Ganja-Gazakh Economic Region
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Ganja-Gazakh Economic Region in Azerbaijan
Abolished7 July 2021

The Ganja-Gazakh Economic Region was one of the 10 economic regions of Azerbaijan. It consisted of Aghstafa, Dashkasan, Gadabay, Goranboy, Goygol, Gazakh, Samukh, Shamkir, Tovuz administrative districts, as well as the cities of Ganja and Naftalan. The most developed and important city of Ganja-Gazakh economic region was Ganja city. The total population was 1,265,200 as of January 1, 2017, representing about 13.6% of the country's population. In the economic region, 47 percent of the population lived in urban areas, and 53 percent lived in rural areas. Population density 103 people per km2 of land area. [1]

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The region was abolished on 7 July 2021 and its territory was split among the newly created Ganja-Dashkasan and Gazakh-Tovuz economic regions. [2]

Agriculture

201020122013201420152016
Total area of sown agricultural crops (ha)                   
Cereals and cereal legumes9026595035101972946548611191063
Including wheat588655998663695610184888753738
Cotton88913809606225662354
Tobacco-----38
Sugar beet18853563984582054
Sunflower for seed production357649534893626056474816
Potato317123102231906298282981931163
Vegetables128161232112150119061186411852
Viticulture17511039119610849681120
Fruit and berry144051462014774149271539915943
Grape407144594081407942634220
Productivity (in all categories of farming), ton
Cereals and cereal legumes237706297482322418264765281760277945
Including wheat149053184665201316166801154236163596
Cotton16772568147210934194334
Tobacco-----24
Sugar beet5717657803113461724176564
Sunflower for seed production69771026498111073097389752
Potato574834564551587014453697426535454219
Vegetables203179201757204067199158203119218435
Viticulture280201698419985186361697320732
Fruit and berry129204138403140972134135135917138830
Grape454585243553704556535725756048
Productivity (in all categories of farming), centner / ha
Cereals and cereal legumes26,331,331,628,132,730,3
Including wheat25,330,831,627,531,630,4
Cotton18,918,615,317,67,418,6
Tobacco-----6,8
Sugar beet32211224301396417
Sunflower for seed production20,021,120,717,617,821,1
Potato181182184152143146
Vegetables152157159158163171
Viticulture160164167172175186
Fruit and berry101,8106,0106,1100,4100,697,9
Grape103,6121,2120,7126,9129,3125,5
Number of Livestock (in total)
cattle322841328581330994329301329172326581
including cow and buffalo154303156913158176156934156281156412
Sheep and goats173662217402071745925174131617364671714926
Pigs76185643207147123
Birds239980924831082997419311906325668032584876
Bee families334343431635431362763710739000
Production of animal products, ton
Meat225362446126154275642828729141
Milk222702248197259982266862276848293988
Eggs, thousand110680113036175470210888152913123213
Wool360337253788384138913446

Demographics

The demographics of the economic region includes the demographic features of the population of the region including population growth, population density, economic status and other aspects. According to the population census data in 2017, urban population accounted for 47% and rural was 53%. [3]

201020122013201420152016
Population
Population (by the end of the year, thousand people)1191,71216,11227,51240,81253,41265,2
Natural increase124741193212015135161263011521
Birth206492020520366219342097120176
Death817582738351841883418655
Including:
Children under the age of 1213186182162159129
Marriages97329488107171155287548400
Divorces95412811343168518771815
Per 1000 people
Natural increase10,59,99,911,010,19,1
Birth17,416,716,717,816,816,0
Death6,96,86,86,86,76,9
Including;
Children under the age of 110,29,39,18,17,57,0
Marriages8,27,88,89,47,06,7
Divorces0,81,11,11,41,51,4

State programs

The State Program on socio-economic development of regions of Azerbaijan Republic (was approved by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated February 11, 2004) covered also the Ganja-Gazakh region and was aimed to ensure efficient use of internal resources, development of sectors that bearing particular importance for the economic region, further expansion of production activity of enterprises, stimulation of export-oriented production of goods, increase of employment levels through the development of local entrepreneurship, expand reforms in the agrarian sector and further improvements in the living standards of the population of the economic region. The program covered Aghstafa, Dashkesen, Gedebey, Goranboy, Goygol, Gazakh, Samukh, Shamkir, Tovuz districts and the cities of Ganja and Naftalan. “The state program for the development of tourism in the Republic of Azerbaijan between 2010 and 2014” tended to prepare recreational plans for recreational tourism resorts and sanatoriums (recreation-placement objects) in the economic region. In addition, the third state program on regional development (2014-2018) contributed to the improvement of the agriculture, tourism, housing and public utilities, transport and other sectors. [4] [5] [6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "A.Alekperov. December, 2012 Ganja-Gazakh Economic Region. INTERNATIONAL GEOGRAPHER". 12 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "New economic regions of Azerbaijan – LIST". Report News Agency. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  3. ↑ "Gəncə - Qazax iqtisadi rayonu. Demographic indicators. Agriculture".
  4. ↑ "STATE PROGRAM ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONS OF THE REPUBLIC of AZERBAIJAN FOR 2009-2013 YEARS".
  5. ↑ "STATE PROGRAM ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONS". Archived from the original on 2018-12-14.
  6. ↑ "Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan on approving "State Program on socio-economic development of regions of the Republic of Azerbaijan for 2014-2018 years. Ganja-Gazakh economic region". Archived from the original on 2018-12-14.

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