Guba-Khachmaz: population and official figures

Guba-Khachmaz is a first-level division of Azerbaijan, number 6 of 10 by population. The Guba-Khachmaz economic region, counted here as Khachmaz, Guba, Gusar, Siyazan and Shabran, had 547,100 residents at the start of 2024, 5.4% of Azerbaijan's population.

In depth

• Economy, jobs and prices in Guba-Khachmaz: 254,000 people were in work in the Guba-Khachmaz economic region in 2023 and 17,400 were unemployed, an unemployment rate of 6.4% (3rd highest of 10 regions; Azerbaijan 5.5%).
• Health in Guba-Khachmaz: The Guba-Khachmaz economic region had 714 physicians at the start of 2024, 13.1 per 10,000 residents, 5th highest of 10 regions (Azerbaijan 33.0).
• Education in Guba-Khachmaz: The Guba-Khachmaz economic region had 417 general schools at the start of the 2023/24 school year, teaching 89,499 pupils, an average of 215 per school.
• Poverty and living standards in Guba-Khachmaz: Police registered 1,322 crimes in the Guba-Khachmaz economic region in 2023, 24.2 per 10,000 residents, 4th highest of 10 regions (Azerbaijan 36.2).
• Government budget and revenue in Guba-Khachmaz: The 127 municipalities of the Guba-Khachmaz economic region collected 4,770 thousand manats of budget revenue in 2023 and spent 4,764 thousand manats.
• Government and politics in Guba-Khachmaz: Each city and district of the Guba-Khachmaz 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

• 6,719 babies were born and 3,477 people died in the Guba-Khachmaz economic region in 2023, a natural increase of 3,242; that is 12.3 births per 1,000 residents, 5th lowest of 10 regions (Azerbaijan: 11.1). Source: State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan · saved copy
• The most populous units of the Guba-Khachmaz economic region at the start of 2024 were Khachmaz (174,400), Guba (170,200), Gusar (102,300). 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.

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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
• Yukhari Garabakh 521,400
• Nakhchivan 468,600
• Daghlig Shirvan 320,400
• 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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