Ujar Rayon (Ucar Rayonu[1]) is a rayon (administrative district) of Azerbaijan, situated to the south of Goycay, in the centre of the country. This region contains the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline to the south of the Shirvan plain. There are 32 villages and 1 city in Ucar. The largest communities are Qazyan, Müsüslü and Qarabörk.
As of 2009[update], Ujar Rayon had an estimated population of 77,900 people, of which 22% were urban dwellers and 78% rural.[2] The population is 99.7% Azeri.
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The name Ucar derives from the Turkic word "Ucqar" meaning "remote", as Ucar was remote from the Shirvanshah capital at Baku, and on the frontier of the Shirvan state.[3]
The Ujar Rayon was created on 24 January 1939 as an independent administrative unit from part of Goychay region.[4]
Ujar Rayon is divided into twenty-nine municipalities.
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