Jabrayil District
Jabrayil (Cəbrayıl) is a rayon of Azerbaijan. Almost the entire region was occupied in 1993 and has been controlled by the breakway Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, as part of its Hadrut Province, since the Nagorno-Karabakh War. According to the last 1989 Soviet census, there were 49,156 people living in the rayon.[1] According to undated Azerbaijani data, the population of the rayon was 62,100.[2] Jabrail rayon has productive soils, and before the war the population was mostly involved in agriculture. Jabrail shares its southern borders with Iran.
References
- ↑ Official census in USSR, 1989
- ↑ "Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan Republic. Jabrail". Retrieved April 28, 2010.
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Coordinates: 39°18′N 47°00′E / 39.300°N 47.000°E / 39.300; 47.000