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Balakan District
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Vinony's link graph records 237 inbound references to Balakan District, and connects out to Azerbaijanis, Avars and State Statistical Committee.
The entry is geolocated on the map in city.
It is catalogued under topics including Balakan District and Districts of Azerbaijan.
Vinony links it to 49 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- Azerbaijan
- Region
- Shaki-Zagatala
- Established
- 8 August 1930
- Capital
- Balakan
- Governor
- Natiq Agayev
- Total
- 940 km (360 sq mi)
- Density
- 110/km (270/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+4 ( AZT )
- Postal code
- 0800
- Website
- balaken-ih .gov .az
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Azerbaijan
- Located in
- Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
- Capital
- Balakan
- Population
- 97600
- Area
- 923
- Elevation
- 496
- Official website
- balaken-ih.gov.az
- Image
- Balaken, Azerbaijan.jpg
- Dialing code
- 994 24
- Licence plate code
- 08
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- topic's main category
- Category:Balakan District
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Balakan District
- inception
- 1930-08-08
- postal code
- 0800
- topic has template
- Template:Balakan District
- office held by head of government
- governor
- Commons category
- Balakən Rayon
- native label
- Balakən rayonu
- language used
- Pannonian Avar
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Encyclopedic overview
Balakan District (Azerbaijani: Balakən rayonu, Avar: Билкан мухъ, romanized: Bilkan muq̇) is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the north of the country, in the Shaki-Zagatala Economic Region. The district borders the district of Zagatala, as well as the Kakheti region of Georgia and the Russian Republic of Dagestan. Its capital and largest city is Balakan. As of 2020, the district had a population of 99,100.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Balakan District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.