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Lankaran District
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Key facts
- Country
- Azerbaijan
- Region
- Lankaran-Astara
- Established
- 8 August 1930
- Capital
- Lankaran
- Governor
- Taleh Garashov
- Total
- 1,540 km (590 sq mi)
- Density
- 151/km (390/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+4 ( AZT )
- Website
- lenkeran-ih .gov .az
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Azerbaijan
- Located in
- Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
- Capital
- Lankaran
- Population
- 223100
- Area
- 1539
- Elevation
- 51
- Official website
- www.lenkeran-ih.gov.az
- Image
- Mosque Lenkoran Azerbaijan 01.JPG
- Dialing code
- 994 25
- Licence plate code
- 42
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- Commons category
- Lənkəran Rayon
- topic's main category
- Category:Lankaran District
- different from
- Lankaran
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Lankaran District
- inception
- 1930-08-08
- postal code
- AZ 4200
- language used
- Iranian Khalaj
- native label
- Lənkəran rayonu
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Encyclopedic overview
Lankaran District (Azerbaijani: Lənkəran rayonu) is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the south-east of the country, in the Lankaran-Astara Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Astara, Lerik, Masally, and Neftchala. Its capital and largest city is Lankaran, although the city is technically not part of the district and is subordinate to the Republic. As of 2020, the district had a population of 232,000.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lankaran District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.