Shaki-Zaqatala: population and official figures

Shaki-Zaqatala is a first-level division of Azerbaijan, number 5 of 10 by population. The Shaki-Zaqatala economic region, counted here as Balakan, Gakh, Gabala, Oghuz, Shaki and Zagatala, had 626,600 residents at the start of 2024, 6.2% of Azerbaijan's population.

In depth

• Economy, jobs and prices in Shaki-Zaqatala: 343,000 people were in work in the Shaki-Zaqatala economic region in 2023 and 16,100 were unemployed, an unemployment rate of 4.5% (2nd lowest of 10 regions; Azerbaijan 5.5%).
• Health in Shaki-Zaqatala: The Shaki-Zaqatala economic region had 996 physicians at the start of 2024, 15.9 per 10,000 residents, 3rd highest of 10 regions (Azerbaijan 33.0).
• Education in Shaki-Zaqatala: The Shaki-Zaqatala economic region had 368 general schools at the start of the 2023/24 school year, teaching 89,871 pupils, an average of 244 per school.
• Poverty and living standards in Shaki-Zaqatala: Police registered 1,001 crimes in the Shaki-Zaqatala economic region in 2023, 16.0 per 10,000 residents, 4th lowest of 10 regions (Azerbaijan 36.2).
• Government budget and revenue in Shaki-Zaqatala: The 145 municipalities of the Shaki-Zaqatala economic region collected 6,032 thousand manats of budget revenue in 2023 and spent 5,854 thousand manats.
• Government and politics in Shaki-Zaqatala: Each city and district of the Shaki-Zaqatala 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

• 6,959 babies were born and 3,887 people died in the Shaki-Zaqatala economic region in 2023, a natural increase of 3,072; that is 11.1 births per 1,000 residents, 4th lowest of 10 regions (Azerbaijan: 11.1). Source: State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan · saved copy
• The most populous units of the Shaki-Zaqatala economic region at the start of 2024 were Shaki (184,200), Zagatala (130,100), Gabala (108,900). 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
• Guba-Khachmaz 547,100
• 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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