The Ganja-Gazakh Economic Region was one of the 10 economic regions of Azerbaijan. It consisted of Aghstafa, Dashkasan, Gadabay, Goranboy, Goygol, Gazakh, Samukh, Shamkir, Tovuz administrative districts, as well as the cities of Ganja and Naftalan. The most developed and important city of Ganja-Gazakh economic region was Ganja city. The total population was 1,265,200 as of January 1, 2017, representing about 13.6% of the country's population. In the economic region, 47 percent of the population lived in urban areas, and 53 percent lived in rural areas. Population density 103 people per km2 of land area.
The region was abolished on 7 July 2021 and its territory was split among the newly created Ganja-Dashkasan and Gazakh-Tovuz economic regions.
Agriculture 201020122013201420152016Total area of sown agricultural crops (ha) Cereals and cereal legumes9026595035101972946548611191063Including wheat588655998663695610184888753738Cotton88913809606225662354Tobacco-----38Sugar beet18853563984582054Sunflower for seed production357649534893626056474816Potato317123102231906298282981931163Vegetables128161232112150119061186411852Viticulture17511039119610849681120Fruit and berry144051462014774149271539915943Grape407144594081407942634220Productivity (in all categories of farming), ton Cereals and cereal legumes237706297482322418264765281760277945Including wheat149053184665201316166801154236163596Cotton16772568147210934194334Tobacco-----24Sugar beet5717657803113461724176564Sunflower for seed production69771026498111073097389752Potato574834564551587014453697426535454219Vegetables203179201757204067199158203119218435Viticulture280201698419985186361697320732Fruit and berry129204138403140972134135135917138830Grape454585243553704556535725756048Productivity (in all categories of farming), centner / haCereals and cereal legumes26,331,331,628,132,730,3Including wheat25,330,831,627,531,630,4Cotton18,918,615,317,67,418,6Tobacco-----6,8Sugar beet32211224301396417Sunflower for seed production20,021,120,717,617,821,1Potato181182184152143146Vegetables152157159158163171Viticulture160164167172175186Fruit and berry101,8106,0106,1100,4100,697,9Grape103,6121,2120,7126,9129,3125,5Number of Livestock (in total)cattle322841328581330994329301329172326581including cow and buffalo154303156913158176156934156281156412Sheep and goats173662217402071745925174131617364671714926Pigs76185643207147123Birds239980924831082997419311906325668032584876Bee families334343431635431362763710739000Production of animal products, tonMeat225362446126154275642828729141Milk222702248197259982266862276848293988Eggs, thousand110680113036175470210888152913123213Wool360337253788384138913446
Demographics The demographics of the economic region includes the demographic features of the population of the region including population growth, population density, economic status and other aspects. According to the population census data in 2017, urban population accounted for 47% and rural was 53%. 201020122013201420152016PopulationPopulation (by the end of the year, thousand people)1191,71216,11227,51240,81253,41265,2Natural increase124741193212015135161263011521Birth206492020520366219342097120176Death817582738351841883418655Including:Children under the age of 1213186182162159129Marriages97329488107171155287548400Divorces95412811343168518771815Per 1000 peopleNatural increase10,59,99,911,010,19,1Birth17,416,716,717,816,816,0Death6,96,86,86,86,76,9Including;Children under the age of 110,29,39,18,17,57,0Marriages8,27,88,89,47,06,7Divorces0,81,11,11,41,51,4
State programs The State Program on socio-economic development of regions of Azerbaijan Republic (was approved by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated February 11, 2004) covered also the Ganja-Gazakh region and was aimed to ensure efficient use of internal resources, development of sectors that bearing particular importance for the economic region, further expansion of production activity of enterprises, stimulation of export-oriented production of goods, increase of employment levels through the development of local entrepreneurship, expand reforms in the agrarian sector and further improvements in the living standards of the population of the economic region. The program covered Aghstafa, Dashkesen, Gedebey, Goranboy, Goygol, Gazakh, Samukh, Shamkir, Tovuz districts and the cities of Ganja and Naftalan. “The state program for the development of tourism in the Republic of Azerbaijan between 2010 and 2014” tended to prepare recreational plans for recreational tourism resorts and sanatoriums (recreation-placement objects) in the economic region. In addition, the third state program on regional development (2014-2018) contributed to the improvement of the agriculture, tourism, housing and public utilities, transport and other sectors.
See also Ganja, Azerbaijan Economy of Ganja
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