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Key facts
- Country
- Azerbaijan
- Region
- Karabakh
- Established
- 8 August 1930
- Capital
- Shusha
- Governor
- Bayram Safarov
- Total
- 310 km (120 sq mi)
- Density
- 110/km (290/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+4 ( AZT )
- Website
- shusha-ih .gov .az
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Official name
- Şuşa rayonu
- Located in
- Azerbaijan
- Capital
- Shusha
- Population
- 29700
- Area
- 290
- Time zone
- UTC+04:00
- Official website
- shusha-ih.gov.az/index.html
- Dialing code
- 994 26
- Licence plate code
- 58
Show 5 more facts
- topic's main category
- Category:Shusha District
- Commons category
- Şuşa Rayon
- native label
- Şuşa rayonu
- inception
- 1930-08-08
- postal code
- 5800
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Encyclopedic overview
Shusha District (Azerbaijani: Şuşa rayonu) is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the west of the country and belongs to the Karabakh Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Khojaly, Lachin, and Khojavend. Its capital and largest city is Shusha. As of 2020, the district had a nominal population of 34,700. Finally villages of Malıbəyli, Aşağı Quşçular and Yuxarı Quşçular were transferred to Khojaly District according to passing law in 5 December 2023.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shusha District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.