Daghlig Shirvan: population and official figures

Daghlig Shirvan is a first-level division of Azerbaijan, number 9 of 10 by population. The Daghlig Shirvan economic region, counted here as Aghsu, Ismayilli, Gobustan and Shamakhi, had 320,400 residents at the start of 2024, 3.1% of Azerbaijan's population.

In depth

• Economy, jobs and prices in Daghlig Shirvan: 154,300 people were in work in the Daghlig Shirvan economic region in 2023 and 8,400 were unemployed, an unemployment rate of 5.2% (3rd lowest of 10 regions; Azerbaijan 5.5%).
• Health in Daghlig Shirvan: The Daghlig Shirvan economic region had 333 physicians at the start of 2024, 10.4 per 10,000 residents, 4th lowest of 10 regions (Azerbaijan 33.0).
• Education in Daghlig Shirvan: The Daghlig Shirvan economic region had 238 general schools at the start of the 2023/24 school year, teaching 40,843 pupils, an average of 172 per school.
• Poverty and living standards in Daghlig Shirvan: Police registered 559 crimes in the Daghlig Shirvan economic region in 2023, 17.4 per 10,000 residents, 5th lowest of 10 regions (Azerbaijan 36.2).
• Government budget and revenue in Daghlig Shirvan: The 110 municipalities of the Daghlig Shirvan economic region collected 1,439 thousand manats of budget revenue in 2023 and spent 1,597 thousand manats.
• Government and politics in Daghlig Shirvan: Each city and district of the Daghlig Shirvan economic region is run by a head of local executive authority appointed and dismissed by the President of Azerbaijan under Article 124 of the Constitution.

More figures

• 4,478 babies were born and 1,938 people died in the Daghlig Shirvan economic region in 2023, a natural increase of 2,540; that is 14.0 births per 1,000 residents, the highest of 10 regions (Azerbaijan: 11.1). Source: State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan · saved copy
• The most populous units of the Daghlig Shirvan economic region at the start of 2024 were Shamakhi (105,700), Ismayilli (87,100), Aghsu (80,600). Source: State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan · saved copy

How first-level divisions are governed in Azerbaijan

Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. Supreme Assembly (Ali Majlis) directly elected; heads of local executive bodies appointed by the President of Azerbaijan on the Ali Majlis chair's recommendation. Autonomous powers within Azerbaijani law.

Every tier of government in Azerbaijan

Other first-level divisions of Azerbaijan

• Aran 2,032,600
• Ganja-Gazakh 1,275,600
• Lankaran 937,700
• Absheron 876,500
• Shaki-Zaqatala 626,600
• Guba-Khachmaz 547,100
• Yukhari Garabakh 521,400
• Nakhchivan 468,600
• Kalbajar-Lachin 229,400

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Sources

• Baku City Executive Power: Regulations on Local Executive Authorities (Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan of 6 June 2012), read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 301b7761e4e6…)
• State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan: Statistical Yearbook of Azerbaijan 2024: tables by economic region and administrative-territorial unit (population, employment, incomes, wages, schools, health, hotels, crime, services and municipal budgets), read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 2931ccb66876…)

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