Nizami raion (Ganja)

40°25′13″N 50°00′17″E

Nizami
Raion
Nizami
Coordinates: 40°40′58″N 46°21′38″E
Country	Azerbaijan
City	Ganja
Area
• Total	39.25 km2 (15.15 sq mi)
Population
• Total	148,798
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+5 (AZT)
Website	http://nizami.ganja-ih.gov.az/index.html

Nizami Rayon (Azerbaijani: Nizami Rayonu) is a municipal district of the city of Ganja, the city of Azerbaijan. The district is named after poet Nizami Ganjavi. Its population is 152,000.^[1][2]

Details

Nizami raion was established as Ganja raion of Kirovabad (former name of Ganja city) in November 1980 according to the decision of Supreme Soviet of Azerbaijan SSR. After the historic name of the city, Ganja was restored in 1989, this district was also renamed and since then it is called Nizami raion.^[1]

The total area of this district is 3,925 ha (9,700 acres),^[1] and its population is 152,000 (2018).^[2] The district consists of 2 administrative territorial units and 3 residential areas (Yeni Ganja, Mahrasa baghi and Gulustan).^[3]

There are 22 schools, 3 vocational schools, 20 kindergartens, Ganja State Drama Theatre, Ganja State Puppet Theatre, Ganja State Philharmonic Hall, Ganja State Chamber Orchestra, 3 music schools, Children's Art School, Children's Painting School, Heydar Aliyev Center, Ganja History Ethnography Museum, House Museum of Mir Jalal Pashayev, Memorial House-Museum of Nizami Ganjavi, Memorial-House Museum of Israfil Mammadov, Ganja State Art Gallery, Nizami cinema, Central Library and its 10 branches, as well as Children's Library, Ganja Olympic Sports Complex in Nizami district.^[4][5][6]

Gallery

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  Ganja State Philharmonic Hall
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  Ganja State Puppet Theatre
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  Ganja State Drama Theatre
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  Nizami Ganjavi Museum
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  Ganja State History-Ethnography Museum

See also

• Kapaz district
• Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan

References

1. "About Nizami district". Executive Power of Nizami district. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
2. "Population - Territories, number and density of population by towns and regions of the Republic of Azerbaijan". The State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
3. "Municipalities". Executive Power of Nizami district of Ganja. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
4. "Education". Executive Power of Nizami district of Ganja. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
5. "Culture". Executive Power of Nizami district of Ganja. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
6. "Sport". Executive Power of Nizami district of Ganja. Retrieved 2019-01-14.