Zangilan District
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Zangilan District Zəngilan Rayonu |
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| Country |
 Azerbaijan
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| Area | |
| • Total | 707 km2 (273 sq mi) |
| Population (1993) | |
| • Total | 32,500 |
Zangilan Rayon (Azerbaijani: Zəngilan; Kurdish: Zengilan) is de jure an administrative-territorial entity in the south-western part of the Republic of Azerbaijan, but de facto this territory was occupied by Armenian forces in autumn of 1993, during the Nagorno-Karabakh War and is controlled by the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic till today. It has been under the control of the breakway Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, as part of its Qashatagh Province, since the Nagorno-Karabakh War. Zangilan district was occupied by the armenian military units on October 29, 1993. Since November 12, 1993, a fact of the occupation of Zangilan rayon has been recognized and blamed by resolution №884 of the United Nations Security Council and since April 25, 2008 the United Nations General Assembly by the Resolution №62/243, in which the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan was partially recognized and they include a demand of withdrawal of the Armenian forces.
Administrative center of the rayon is Zəngilan city.
Zangilan city is located in the south-western part of the Republic, in the northern part of the Aras River and borders upon Armenia and Iran.
There exists a Mesozoic relief and cretaceous, volcanic and sedimentary rocks are spread in the territory of the rayon. Remains of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods spread in mountainous territories are dated back to a period of 150-200 thousands of years ago. There are Barbar and Salafir (2270 meters) summits in the territory and this mountain range passes Aras ravine near Aghbend, Vegnali. There is another mountain range in the direction of Sobu-Top-Dallakli villages, beginning from Shukurataz upland and it lowers near to Aras.
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