Ganja-Dashkasan Economic Region

Ganja-Dashkasan Economic Region
Gəncə-Daşkəsən iqtisadi rayonu (Azerbaijani)
Ganja-Dashkasan Economic Region in Azerbaijan
CountryAzerbaijan
Established7 July 2021
Area
  Total
5,270 km2 (2,030 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
  Total
611,300
  Density120/km2 (300/sq mi)
HDI (2022)0.724
high · 6th

Ganja-Dashkasan Economic Region (Azerbaijani: Gəncə-Daşkəsən iqtisadi rayonu) is one of the 14 economic regions of Azerbaijan. It borders Georgia to the north and Armenia to the south, as well as the economic regions of Shaki-Zagatala, Central Aran, Karabakh, East Zangezur, and Gazakh-Tovuz. The region consists of the districts of Dashkasan, Goranboy, Goygol, Samukh, as well as the cities of Ganja and Naftalan. It has an area of 5,270 square kilometres (2,030 sq mi). Its population was estimated to be at 611.3 thousand people in January 2021.