Masally is the administrative area in the south of Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...

Geography

This territory borders on Lankaran, Lerik, Yardimli, Jalilabad, Neftchala districts. In the east, the district is washed by the Caspian Sea

Caspian Sea

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, and in the west it approaches Talish mountains

Talysh Mountains

Talysh Mountains is a mountain chain in northwestern Iran, and southeastern Republic of Azerbaijan in the northwest section of the Elburz Mountains, extending southeastward from the Lankaran Lowland in southeast Azerbaijan to the lower part of the Sefid Rud in northwest Iran...

, Burovar ridge. Height of the territory reaches 917 m. There are mineral and geothermal springs in Masally. Average temperature is 2,5°C in January, and 25,6°C in July. The amount of annual precipitation is 600-800 mm. Vilash is the largest river of the district. There are broad-leaved forests of Girkan type-chestnut-leaved oak, hornbeam

Hornbeam

Hornbeams are relatively small hardwood trees in the genus Carpinus . Though some botanists grouped them with the hazels and hop-hornbeams in a segregate family, Corylaceae, modern botanists place the hornbeams in the birch subfamily Coryloideae...

, beech

Beech

Beech is a genus of ten species of deciduous trees in the family Fagaceae, native to temperate Europe, Asia and North America.-Habit:...

, Persian ironwood tree, Girkan boxwood, Caucasian persimmon

Date-plum

Diospyros lotus, better known as the Date-plum or Caucasian Persimmon is a widely cultivated species of the genus Diospyros, native to subtropical southwest Asia and southeast Europe. Its English name derives from the small fruit, which have a taste reminiscent of both plums and dates...

, medlar and others in the mountainous part of the district. Total area of the district's forests equals to 16,9 thousand ha.

History

Masally rayon was originated in 1930. Formerly, the territory of the district was the part of Arkevan area of Lankaran rayon.

State political system

The head of Masally rayon is chief executive. Chief executives:

• Safarov Azer Fattah oglu-till September 30, 2004]
• Aliyev Ogtay Jalil oglu-from Semtember 30, 2004 to September 29, 2006
• Agayev Gazanfar Arif oglu-since September 30, 2006

Administrative structure

The center of the district is city Masally

Masalli

Masallı is a city in and the capital of the Masally Rayon of Azerbaijan....

. Average population density is 158 people per km². Boradigah township, Arkevan, Banbashi, Gizilagaj, Teze Alvadi villages are the other largest population aggregates.