Qazax is a city in and the capital of the Qazakh Rayon 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...

. It has a population of 20,900.

History

In the 18th century, Qazax was the capital of the Qazakh sultanate. During Russian Empire

Russian Empire

The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...

, city was the administrative center of the Qazax uezd of Elisabethpol Governorate

Elisabethpol Governorate

Elisabethpol Governorate or Elizavetpol Governorate was one of the guberniyas of the Russian Empire, with its centre in Elisabethpol . Its area was 44,136 sq. kilometres, and it had 878,415 inhabitants by 1897....

, 10 km from the Agstafa

Agstafa

-Overview:Agstafa raion was created on 24 January 1939 as an independent administrative unit out of larger Qazakh region of Azerbaijan. On 4 December 1959, the status of the raion was abolished and it was incorporated into Qazakh Rayon...

 station of Transcaucasus Railway

Transcaucasus Railway

The Transcaucus Railway was the first railway in Caucasia. It was funded by the Russian Empire as a strategic railway connecting the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea. Caucasia was a land disputed between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire. The railway would allow the Russian army to have better...

. Since 1930, Qazax became the administrative center of the Qazakh Rayon of Azerbaijan.Ancestors of the people who leave in Qazax come from Oguz and Aday tribes which are Turkic tribes

Economy

The economy of Qazakh is partially agricultural, partially tourist based, with some industries in operation.