Gobustan is an administrative district, or rayon, of Azerbaijan. Area 1,369.4 km²; population 37,137; population density 27 persons/km². Its administrative centre, Qobustan was known as Maraza until 2009, and is located about 80 km (50 mi) west of Baku. From 1930 until 1943 and again from 1960 until 1990 the territory belonged to Shamakhi administrative district.
Gobustan State Reserve located west of the settlement of Gobustan, about 40 miles southwest of the centre of Baku was established in 1966 when the region was declared as a national historical landmark of Azerbaijan in an attempt to preserve the ancient carvings, mud volcanoes and gas-stones in the region.
Qobustan or Gobustan may refer to:
Sündü is a village in the Absheron Rayon of Azerbaijan.
Sündü or Sundy or Syundi or Syundyu may refer to:
Qobustan is a settlement and municipality in Baku, Azerbaijan. It has a population of 14,470.
Ərəbşahverdi is a village and municipality in the Gobustan Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 538.
Nardaran is a village and the least populous municipality in the Gobustan Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 196.
Goydərə is a village and municipality in the Gobustan Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 452.
Poladlı is a village and municipality in the Gobustan Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 1,465. The municipality consists of the villages of Poladlı and Dağ Kolanlı.
Yekəxana is a village and municipality in the Gobustan Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 926.
Dərəkənd is a village and municipality in the Gobustan Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 378.
Gobustan is a town and municipality in and the administrative center of the Gobustan Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 3,945.
Cəyirli is a village and municipality in the Gobustan Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 2,424.
Təklə is a village and municipality in the Gobustan Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 1,782.
Çuxanlı is a village and municipality in the Gobustan Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 757.
Şıxlar is a former village in the Gobustan Rayon of Azerbaijan. The village formed part of the municipality of Xilmilli.
Qarabulaq is a village in the Gobustan Rayon of Azerbaijan.
Sundus Abbas is an Iraqi women's rights activist. As the Executive Director of the Women's Leadership Institute in Baghdad, she has worked to improve women's rights. Abbas was trained as a political scientist, and she has worked to improve Iraqi women's involvement in their political parties, in the constitutional drafting and amending process, and in national reconciliation and conflict resolution efforts. She has also written for Iraq's main daily newspapers on the topic of women's rights, and held press conferences to address issues of concern to women, as well as teaching classes on decision-making. Abbas has also traveled throughout the Middle East for women's conferences and seminars. In 2007, she received an International Women of Courage Award.
