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Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan
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Politically, Azerbaijan is divided into these administrative divisions:
- 59 districts (rayonlar; singular – rayon),
- 11 cities (şəhərlər; singular – şəhər),
- 1 autonomous republic (muxtar respublika), which itself contains:
- 7 districts
- 1 city
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This list is for the main part of Azerbaijan. The rayons of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic are listed below and numbered separately. Some rayons are completely or partially in the Nagorno-Karabakh, shown on the map in green; this is noted in the list. Nagorno-Karabakh is not recognised as an independent state, but it functions as one.
The rayons are further divided into municipalities.