Kalbajar-Lachin: population and official figures

Kalbajar-Lachin is a first-level division of Azerbaijan, number 10 of 10 by population. The Kalbajar-Lachin economic region, counted here as Kalbajar, Lachin, Gubadli and Zangilan, had 229,400 residents at the start of 2024, 2.3% of Azerbaijan's population.

In depth

Health in Kalbajar-Lachin: The Kalbajar-Lachin economic region had 134 physicians at the start of 2024, 5.8 per 10,000 residents, the lowest of 10 regions (Azerbaijan 33.0).
Education in Kalbajar-Lachin: The Kalbajar-Lachin economic region had 269 general schools at the start of the 2023/24 school year, teaching 44,470 pupils, an average of 165 per school.
Poverty and living standards in Kalbajar-Lachin: Police registered 113 crimes in the Kalbajar-Lachin economic region in 2023, 4.9 per 10,000 residents, the lowest of 10 regions (Azerbaijan 36.2).

What is the unemployment rate in Kalbajar-Lachin?

99,700 people were in work in the Kalbajar-Lachin economic region in 2023 and 8,600 were unemployed, an unemployment rate of 7.9% (the highest of 10 regions; Azerbaijan 5.5%).

Source: State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan · saved copy

What is the average salary in Kalbajar-Lachin?

Weighting each district's average wage by its employment gives about 667 manats a month for employees in the Kalbajar-Lachin economic region in 2023, 3rd highest of 10 regions (Azerbaijan 934 manats); the best-paid unit was Zangilan at 812 manats and the lowest Lachin at 597 manats.

Source: State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan · saved copy

Who runs Kalbajar-Lachin?

Each city and district of the Kalbajar-Lachin 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.

Source: Baku City Executive Power · saved copy

More figures

3,156 babies were born and 1,422 people died in the Kalbajar-Lachin economic region in 2023, a natural increase of 1,734; that is 13.8 births per 1,000 residents, 2nd highest of 10 regions (Azerbaijan: 11.1). Source: State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan · saved copy
The most populous units of the Kalbajar-Lachin economic region at the start of 2024 were Lachin (75,700), Kalbajar (73,900), Zangilan (42,700). Source: State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan · saved copy
Employment in the Kalbajar-Lachin economic region fell from 118,200 in 2015 to 99,700 in 2023, 15.7% fewer. Source: State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan · saved copy
The local executive authorities in the Kalbajar-Lachin economic region are financed from the state budget of Azerbaijan, and the local branches of central ministries there answer both to their ministry and to the local executive head. Source: Baku City Executive Power · saved copy
The Kalbajar-Lachin economic region is divided into 4 cities and districts, each with its own local executive authority: Kalbajar, Lachin, Gubadli and Zangilan. 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
Guba-Khachmaz 547,100
Yukhari Garabakh 521,400
Nakhchivan 468,600
Daghlig Shirvan 320,400

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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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