Yukhari Garabakh: population and official figures

Yukhari Garabakh is a first-level division of Azerbaijan, number 7 of 10 by population. The Yukhari Garabakh economic region, counted here as Khankendi, Aghdam, Aghdara, Fuzuli, Khojaly, Khojavend, Shusha, Tartar and Jabrayil, had 521,400 residents at the start of 2024, 5.1% of Azerbaijan's population.

In depth

• Economy, jobs and prices in Yukhari Garabakh: 229,900 people were in work in the Yukhari Garabakh economic region in 2023 and 17,900 were unemployed, an unemployment rate of 7.2% (2nd highest of 10 regions; Azerbaijan 5.5%).
• Health in Yukhari Garabakh: The Yukhari Garabakh economic region had 378 physicians at the start of 2024, 7.2 per 10,000 residents, 2nd lowest of 10 regions (Azerbaijan 33.0).
• Education in Yukhari Garabakh: The Yukhari Garabakh economic region had 351 general schools at the start of the 2023/24 school year, teaching 67,265 pupils, an average of 192 per school.
• Poverty and living standards in Yukhari Garabakh: Police registered 696 crimes in the Yukhari Garabakh economic region in 2023, 13.3 per 10,000 residents, 3rd lowest of 10 regions (Azerbaijan 36.2).
• Government budget and revenue in Yukhari Garabakh: The 60 municipalities of the Yukhari Garabakh economic region collected 492 thousand manats of budget revenue in 2023 and spent 484 thousand manats.
• Government and politics in Yukhari Garabakh: Each city and district of the Yukhari Garabakh 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

• 6,721 babies were born and 3,287 people died in the Yukhari Garabakh economic region in 2023, a natural increase of 3,434; that is 12.9 births per 1,000 residents, 4th highest of 10 regions (Azerbaijan: 11.1). Source: State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan · saved copy
• The most populous units of the Yukhari Garabakh economic region at the start of 2024 were Aghdam (179,800), Fuzuli (130,800), Tartar (80,500). 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
• 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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