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Key facts
- Country
- Azerbaijan
- Region
- Gazakh-Tovuz
- Established
- 8 August 1930
- Capital
- Tovuz
- Governor
- Mammad Mammadov
- Total
- 1,940 km (750 sq mi)
- Density
- 91.3/km (237/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+4 ( AZT )
- Website
- tovuz-ih .gov .az
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Located in
- Azerbaijan
- Capital
- Tovuz
- Population
- 160000
- Area
- 1942
- Elevation
- 337
- Official website
- tovuz-ih.gov.az
- Dialing code
- 994 22
- Licence plate code
- 60
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- Commons category
- Tovuz
- topic's main category
- Category:Tovuz District
- inception
- 1930-08-08
- topic has template
- Template:Tovuz District
- postal code
- AZ 6000
- native label
- Tovuz rayonu
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Encyclopedic overview
Tovuz Kazak 217 x 134 cm, Caucasus, late 19th century.
Tovuz District (Azerbaijani: Tovuz rayonu) is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the north-west of the country and belongs to the Gazakh-Tovuz Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Gadabay, Shamkir, Samukh, Agstafa, as well as the Tavush Province of Armenia and Kakheti region of Georgia. Its capital and largest city is Tovuz. As of 2020, the district had a population of 177,200. A major train line runs through the center, stopping at Tovuz Station.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tovuz District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.