Ordubad District
District
Map of Azerbaijan showing Ordubad District
Country	Azerbaijan
Autonomous Republic	Nakhchivan
Established	8 August 1930
Capital	Ordubad
Settlements[1]	47
Area
• Total	980 km2 (380 sq mi)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	50,200
• Density	51/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)
Postal code	6900
Website	ordubad-ih.nakhchivan.az

Ordubad District (Azerbaijani: Ordubad rayonu) is one of the 7 districts of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. The district borders the district of Julfa, as well as the Syunik Province of Armenia, and the East Azerbaijan Province of Iran. Its capital and largest city is Ordubad. As at 2020, the district had a population of 50,200.^[2]

Ordubad is a name of Turco-Persian origin and means, "city of army" (from Turkic ordu (army) and Persian bad (city)), which implies that the city was founded during the period of the Mongol, or the ensuing Il-Khanid rule.^[3]

Ordubad region was a part of the khanates of Erivan and Nakhchivan, which were dependencies of Qajar Iran, with Ordubad forming the main town of the district of Aza-Jeran in the eastern part of the khanate of Nakhchivan.^[3] After the Russo-Persian War and the Turkmanchay Treaty of 1828, the region was ceded by Iran to Imperial Russia, becoming part of the newly formed Armenian Oblast. It subsequently became part of the Georgia-Imeretia Governorate, and then the Nakhchivan Uyezd of the Erivan Governorate. Since 1921 Ordubad was a part of Nakhchivan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, which in 1990 became the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic within the Azerbaijan Republic.

Ordubad district was established in 1930. In 1963, the district was abolished and given to the Julfa region. Since 1965, it has been an independent district.

According to the State Statistics Committee, as of 2018, the population of city recorded 49,700 persons, which increased by 8,500 persons (about 20.6 percent) from 41,200 persons in 2000.^[4] 24,700 of total population are men, 25,000 are women.^[5] More than 25,9 percent of the population (about 12,900 persons) consists of young people and teenagers aged 14–29.^[6]

• Mingis Mosque

• "ORDUBĀD – Encyclopaedia Iranica". Encyclopædia Iranica. 20 Jul 2002. Retrieved 24 Nov 2014.

• Ordubad National Park

v t e Ordubad District
Capital: Ordubad
Settlements	Ağdərə Parağaçay Şəhriyar
Villages	Ağrı Anabad Anaqut Aşağı Əndəmic Aşağı Əylis Aza Azadkənd Baş Dizə Başkənd Behrud Biləv Bist Çənnəb Darkənd Dəstə Dırnıs Dizə Düylün Ələhi Gənzə Gilançay Kələki Kələntər Dizə Kilit Kotam Məzrə Nəsirvaz Nürgüt Nüsnüs Parağa Pəzməri Qoruqlar Qoşadizə Sabirkənd Tivi Unus Üstüpü Vələver Vənənd Xanağa Xurs Yuxarı Əndəmic Yuxarı Əylis

v t e Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan
Districts	Absheron Agdam Agdash Aghjabadi Agstafa Agsu Astara Babek Balakan Barda Beylagan Bilasuvar Dashkasan Fuzuli Gadabay Goranboy Goychay Goygol Hajigabul Imishli Ismayilli Jabrayil Jalilabad Julfa Kalbajar Kangarli Khachmaz Khizi Khojaly Khojavend Kurdamir Lachin Lankaran Lerik Masally Neftchala Oghuz Ordubad Qabala Qakh Qazakh Gobustan Quba Qubadli Qusar Saatly Sabirabad Sadarak Salyan Samukh Shabran Shahbuz Shaki Shamakhi Shamkir Sharur Shusha Siyazan Tartar Tovuz Ujar Yardimli Yevlakh Zangilan Zagatala Zardab
Cities	Baku Ganja Khankendi Lankaran Mingachevir Naftalan Nakhchivan Shaki Shirvan Sumgait Yevlakh
Towns	Aghdam Agdash Aghjabadi Agstafa Agsu Astara Babek Balakən Barda Beylagan Bilasuvar Dashkasan Fuzuli Gadabay Goranboy Goychay Goygol Hajiqabul Imishli Ismayilli Jabrayil Jalilabad Julfa Kalbajar Khachmaz Khizi Khojavend Khojaly Khirdalan Kurdamir Lachin Lerik Masally Neftchala Oğuz Ordubad Gabala Qakh Gazakh Gobustan Quba Qubadli Qusar Saatly Sabirabad Salyan Shabran Shahbuz Shamakhi Shamkir Sharur Shusha Siyazan Tartar Tovuz Ujar Yardimli Zangilan Zagatala Zardab
Names in italics indicate parts of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic

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