Ujar Rayon

Ujar Rayon (Ucar Rayonu"Ucar Rayonu (Approved)" , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency) is a rayon (admeenistrative destrict) o Azerbaijan, situatit tae the sooth o Goychay, in the centre o the kintra. This region contains the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline tae the sooth o the Shirvan plain. Thare are 32 veelages an 1 ceety in Ucar. The lairgest commonties are Qazyan, Müsüslü an Qarabörk.

In 2009, Ujar Rayon haed an estimatit population o 77,900 fowk, o which 22% wur urban dwallers an 78% rural."Demographic indicators"  The State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan  The population is 99.7% Azeri.

 History 
The name Ucar derives frae the Turkic wird "Ucqar" meanin "remote", as Ucar wis remote frae the Shirvanshah caipital at Baku, an on the frontier o the Shirvan state.Eminov, Zakir Namin oğlu (2005) Azärbaycanın ähalisi: iqtisadi, sosial vä demoqrafik problemlär Baku, page 157, , in Azeri

The Ujar Rayon wis creatit on 24 Januar 1939 as an independent admeenistrative unit frae pairt o Goychay Rayon."Ujar Rayon"  Supreme Court of Azerbaijan, in Russian, last accessed 12 November 2010

 Admeenistration 
 Chief executives 
 Gyulyushov, Nariman oglu Ibish - frae 1994(?) tae 29 Mairch 2005
 Gafurov, Arzu Telman oglu - frae 29 Mairch 2005 tae 5 Aprile 2010
 Mamedov, Yashar oglu Qahraman - syne 5 April 2010, archived at

 Municipalities 
Ujar Rayon is dividit intae twinty-nine municipalities.
 Ucar
 Məlikballı
 Müsüslü
 Qarabörk
 Qazyan

 Notes 


Category:Destricts o Azerbaijan