Aran Economic Region

Aran Economic Region
Aran iqtisadi rayonu
Aran economic region is located in central Azerbaijan
Aran economic region is located in central Azerbaijan
CountryAzerbaijan
Area
 • Total
21,430 km2 (8,270 sq mi)
Population
 • Total
1,893,036
HDI (2022)0.712[1]
high · 8th

Aran Economic Region (Azerbaijani: Aran iqtisadi rayonu) was one of the 10 economic regions of Azerbaijan. It bordered Iran to the south, as well as the economic regions of Upper Karabakh, Ganja-Gazakh, Shaki-Zagatala, Mountainous Shirvan, Absheron, and Lankaran. The region consisted of the districts of Agdash, Aghjabadi, Barda, Beylagan, Bilasuvar, Jalilabad, Goychay, Hajigabul, Imishli, Kurdamir, Neftchala, Saatly, Sabirabad, Salyan, Ujar, Yevlakh, Zardab and the cities of Mingachevir and Shirvan.[2][3]

Territory

The territory of the economic region was 21,430 km2 and covers 24.7% of Azerbaijan.[4][2]

Population

Population by sex, towns and regions, urban settlements of the Republic of Azerbaijan at the beginning of the 2018[5]
Towns and regions Total Urban places Rural places
Aran economic region 2,006.0 749.5 1,256.5

Geography and climate

More than 50% of the territory is plain areas below the sea level. The climate of the region is dry subtropical.[2]

Natural resources

The major natural resources of the economic region are natural gas, oil, mineral water, and construction materials.[2][6] South-eastern and central regions of the economic region is rich with natural resources.[7] The region has underground and above-ground fuel-energy resources.[2]

Economy

Main economic indicators of the region are industry and agriculture.[6]

Economy of Aran economic region[8]
2013 2014 2015
Number of enterprises Output, 1000 manats Number of enterprises Output, 1000 manats Number of enterprises Output, 1000 manats
Total economy 47,549 582,191.3 32,670 565,269.5 33,414 581,804.5
of which natural persons – individual entrepreneurs 45,502 401,621.5 30,685 441,956.2 30,896 517,722.1
of which:
agriculture, forestry and fishing 1,817 35,771.9 1,504 33,154.9 1,453 18,743.7
natural persons – individual entrepreneurs 1,207 10,920.0 851 8,859.0 784 9,184.0
industry 651 59,357.6 941 56,316.8 719 17,919.6
natural persons – individual entrepreneurs 445 12,112.5 746 14,705.7 566 13,724.0
construction 294 91,194.8 349 35,956.6 426 5,728.9
natural persons – individual entrepreneurs 145 1,126.2 188 1,301.6 158 1,317.2
trade; repair of transport means 34,911 215,209.8 18,157 245,844.2 18,253 336,742.2
natural persons – individual entrepreneurs 34,112 201,505.2 17,449 231,797.4 17,479 299,989.1
transportation and storage 2,925 58,817.8 2,965 62,009.6 3,034 64,633.5
natural persons – individual entrepreneurs 2,899 58,559.1 2,940 60,960.0 2,978 63,459.3
accommodation and food service activities 1,764 83,899.2 2,278 90,634.8 2,366 96,299.7
natural persons – individual entrepreneurs 1,737 83,413.5 2,247 90,007.4 2,332 95,416.4
information and communication 9 200.1 6 113.7 11 334.2
natural persons – individual entrepreneurs - - - - - -
real estate activities 75 338.6 73 375.6 85 523.3
natural persons – individual entrepreneurs 61 70.4 58 203.4 65 236.3
education 25 350.9 21 345.4 44 308.4
natural persons – individual entrepreneurs - - - - - -
human health and social work activities 30 787.4 32 1,109.2 44 1,105.1
natural persons – individual entrepreneurs - - - - - -
other fields 5,048 36,263.2 6,344 39,408.7 6,979 39,465.9
natural persons – individual entrepreneurs 4,896 33,914.6 6,206 34,121.7 6,534 34,395.8

Industry

The industrial sector of the region includes light and food industries, chemical, machinery, and construction material production. There are chemical industry enterprises in Salyan, Neftchala, and Mingechevir cities. Machinery is developed in Shirvan, Mingechevir, and Salyan. Enterprises of light industry are facilitated in all administrative divisions of the economic region. Major areas of the light industry in the region are cotton production, cotton clothing, artificial leather production, and carpet-making. 90% of cotton production of the country is produced in the Aran economic region. Fruit-vegetables processing, meat-milk, fishery canned products, and livestock products are part of food industry in the economic region.[7][2]

Agriculture

Viniculture, dry-subtropical fruit-growing, wheat production, cotton production, and horticulture are the main parts of agriculture in the region.[2]

Transportation

The region is on the high transport lines of Azerbaijan. Those transport lines connect the capital city Baku with other economic regions, as well as with Iran, Georgia, and Turkey. There is Yevlakh-Baku airline available as well.[2][9]

Yevlakh Regional Business Center and Administrative Building of Aran

The total area of the center is over 6900 m 2. The center comprises a business center, administrative rooms, and auxiliary buildings, an exhibition hall, an assembly hall for 180 people and small conference halls. The purpose of the center is to identify prime concerns related to the socio-economic development of the Aran economic region, to make proposals on these concerns, implement regional policies, develop entrepreneurship, support small and medium entrepreneurs, organize awareness, consulting and information services.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "STATE PROGRAM ON SOCIAL-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONS" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 August 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Ministry of economy->Regional development->Economic regions". Ministry of economy. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Azərbaycanın regionları". The State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
  5. ^ "Əhali". Azərbaycan Respublikasının Dövlət Statistika Komitəsi (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2019-01-24.
  6. ^ a b Economy, The Republic of Azerbaijan Ministry of. "ARAN ECONOMIC REGION 2012 - The Republic of Azerbaijan Ministry of Economy". www.economy.gov.az. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
  7. ^ a b Aras, Osman; Suleyman, Elcin (2010). Azərbaycan İqtisadiyyati
  8. ^ "Azərbaycan Respublikasının Dövlət Statistika Komitəsi". Azərbaycan Respublikasının Dövlət Statistika Komitəsi (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2019-01-24.
  9. ^ "Kur-Araz natural-economic zones. Aran (Kur-Araz) economic region". International Geographer. 2012-12-19. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
  10. ^ "The Ministry of Economy and Industry in Yevlakh Regional Business Center and Administrative Building of Aran". www.mnaf.az. Retrieved 2019-01-25.