Ujar Rayon is a rayon (administrative district)

Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan

Politically, Azerbaijan is divided into:*59 districts ,*11 cities ,*1 autonomous republic , which itself contains:**7 districts**1 city...

 of Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

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, situated to the south of Goycay, in the centre of the country. This region contains the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline

Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline

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 to the south of the Shirvan plain. There are 32 villages and 1 city in Ucar. The largest communities are Qazyan

Qazyan, Ujar

Qazyan is a village and municipality in the Ujar Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 6,018....

, Müsüslü

Müsüslü

Müsüslü is a village and municipality in the Ujar Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 1,427....

 and Qarabörk

Qarabörk

Qarabörk is a village and municipality in the Ujar Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 3,255....

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, Ujar Rayon had an estimated population of 77,900 people, of which 22% were urban dwellers and 78% rural. The population is 99.7% Azeri

Azerbaijani people

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History

The name Ucar derives from the Turkic

Turkic languages

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 word "Ucqar" meaning "remote", as Ucar was remote from the Shirvanshah

Shirvanshah

Shirvanshah also spelled as Shīrwān Shāh or Sharwān Shāh, was the title in mediaeval Islamic times of an Arab in Ethnos but speedily Persianized dynasty within their culturally Persian environment. The Shirvanshah established a native state in Shirvan...

 capital at Baku

Baku

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, and on the frontier of the Shirvan state

Shirvan

Shirvan , also spelled as Shirwan, Shervan, Sherwan and Šervān, is a historical region in the eastern Caucasus, known by this name in both Islamic and modern times...

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The Ujar Rayon was created on 24 January 1939 as an independent administrative unit from part of Goychay region.

Chief executives

• Gyulyushov, Nariman oglu Ibish - from 1994(?) to 29 March 2005
• Gafurov, Arzu Telman oglu - from 29 March 2005 to 5 April 2010
• Mamedov, Yashar oglu Qahraman - since 5 April 2010

Municipalities

Ujar Rayon is divided into twenty-nine municipalities.

1. Ujar Municipality is coëxtensive with the city of Ucar
   Ucar, Azerbaijan
   Ucar is a city in and the capital of the Ujar Rayon of Azerbaijan.- References :* – World-Gazetteer.com...
   
   
2. Məlikballı Municipality
3. Müsüslü Municipality
   Müsüslü
   Müsüslü is a village and municipality in the Ujar Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 1,427....
   
   
4. Qarabörk Municipality
   Qarabörk
   Qarabörk is a village and municipality in the Ujar Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 3,255....
   
   
5. Qazyan Municipality
   Qazyan, Ujar
   Qazyan is a village and municipality in the Ujar Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 6,018....