Tovuz District


Tovuz is a rayon of Azerbaijan. It is situated between Shamkir and Agstafa, 360 km from Baku and 107 km from Tbilisi city. A major train line runs through the center, stopping at Tovuz Stansiya. Tovuz also borders Armenia near the village of Alibeyli.
The town of Tovuz is a municipal center of this district and covers 102 settlements, and 1 village.

Geography

Tovuz covers 412 km². The rayon is mountainous in the south, where it is crossed by the Lesser Caucasus mountains.
The region includes rich deposits of ores and precious metals, notably gold.
The region is located in the north-west of the Republic, bordering Georgia to the north, Armenia to the west, Gadabay to the south and south-west, Shamkir to the east, Samukh from north-east to the north.
The southern part of the district is located in the lowlands, the northern part lies in low mountainous and foothill zone, where positive and negative relief forms are shifted. There are three climate areas in the district:
1. Dry subtropical climate. Characterized by soft summers and hot springs.
2. Mild hot dry climate. This is a climate up to place less than 1000 meters high. The winter is mild and the spring is warmer.
3. Mild cold, forest climate. This climatic hill covers the area from 1,000 to 2,000 meters. The spring is cool, and the winter is a bit frosty.
The river network:
The Kur River divides the region into two parts. The left coast is used as the main pasture for cattle breeding. The right bank of the river is used for agriculture, occupies the forest fund of the region and the meadow grassland. The annual rainfall is 40–70 mm.

Villages

There about 20 main villages in the district. They are Quşçu, Öysüzlü, Ayıblı, Alakol, Yuxarı Öysüzlü, Abulbəyli, Düz Qırıqlı, Düz Cırdaxan, Yanıqlı, Qəribli, Azaplı, Bozalqanlı, Dönük Qırıqlı, İbrahimhacılı, Dondar Quşçu, Kirən, Əlibəyli villages and Qovlar settlement. Qovlar settlement is more populated area among them.

Population

According to the statistics urbanization is low in the district. 26968 people live in the city and 130907 people live in the village. According to census of 2019, Tovuz has over 175.5 thousand people, out of which 1531 are war veterans.
Over 25536 are students and currently are in process of education.
According to census of 2012 quantity of people from different nations were divided in this way:
Tovuz District157875
Azerbaijanis157599
Turkish157
Russians76
Talysh6
Таtars4
Armenians 4
Other nations21

Cultural centers

In Tovuz district, there are 4 museums, 13 cultural centers, 6 libraries and a Photo Gallery.. Museums include Heydar Aliyev Center, History and Local Lore Museum, Ozan Ashug Museum and State Symbols Museum.

Economy

The region is dominated by agriculture. Wine, fruit, vegetables and grain crops are all produced along with cattle.
Stock raising is one of the main revenue source of this region:
Year200620072008200920102011
The number of cattle382803999340813415584174142275
Number of cows and buffalos161851698717330174161742017587
Number of sheep and goat183429192050193543195542195749196362
Birds340033347605375607385025409252
Pigs200210215---
horses659664724804774
Donkeys30493051305229862795
Meat234242485225532258392735028225
Eggs146281497015140153101584016015
Wool production295331340344351358

There are 24 entities which operate in industrial and agricultural sphere:
Year20062007200820092010
Bread18441626184021562686
Building sand56.77.813.45.9
Flour153615041306888483
Wheat bran497.6349.4190.7148.7131.6
Wheat groats72.532.931.015.0100
Wine17.126.217.013.725.3
Fruit alcohol63.036.3---
Cognac, thousand dal6.736.411.110.39.1
Refined sugar,tons140.0155.770.028.0--
Asphalt, bituminous mixtures.0.4--1.4----

Where the sown areas for agricultural plants are:
Year200520072008200920102011
Tovuz District27 18226 86826 92726 82722 65921 839

Notable sons and daughters of Tovuz