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.
Nardaran is a settlement and municipality on the Abşeron Peninsula in Baku, Azerbaijan. It has a population of 8,300. Located 25 kilometers northeast of central Baku, it is politically part of the Baku city-subdivision and treated as a suburb. Unlike the rest of the country which is religiously liberal, Nardaran is a sole center of conservative Shi'a Islam in Azerbaijan.
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:
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 or Nardayan may refer to:
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.
Sündü is a village and municipality in the Gobustan Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 2,682.
Nardaran is a village in the Siazan Rayon of Azerbaijan. The village forms part of the municipality of Beşdam.
Sabunçu is a raion in Baku, Azerbaijan. It has a population of 222,600. It contains the municipalities of Bakıxanov, Balaxanı, Bilgəh, Kürdəxanı, Maştağa, Nardaran, Pirşağı, Ramanı, Sabunçu, and Zabrat.
Nardaran Fortress was built in 1301 by architect Mahmud ibn Sa'ad in the northern part of Absheron Peninsula.
