Yasamal raion

Yasamal is a settlement and raion in Baku, Azerbaijan. It has a population of 245,900.
One of the central districts of Baku, Yasamal district, was established in 1932 as the administrative unit of the district, from the south to Sabail (3 km), west from Garadagh (3.2 km), north from Binagadi (2.8 km) and Nasimi (5 km) borders with regions. The territory of the district is 16.22 km2. Through the district, from the "Kurt Gate" and Badamdar settlement to the south bypassing Baku-Gazakh and Baku-Astara and west of New Yasamal to Baku via Baku-Gazakh, Baku-Astara and Baku-Yalama, and from Bilajari, there are exits to Gazakh and Baku-Yalama highways. 11 internally displaced persons live in the region. Of these, 5,497 families – 20,550 IDPs have been registered in the District Executive Authority up to now: The registered population density is 15,160 people per 1 sq. km. The population of the region is 118,776 people, with 48.5% males and 51.5% females. There are 8 higher education institutions, 5 secondary specialized educational institutions, 4 music schools, 30 kindergartens and 28 secondary schools (high school, gymnasium) where the number of teachers employed is 3,076 and the number of pupils is 29,643.
The Nizami, Academy of Sciences, Inshaatchilar, and 20 January subway stations are located in the district.
Municipality.
The elected local self-governing body of the district is Yasamal municipality. Pursuant to Article 210.1 of the Election Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan, members of local self-government municipalities are elected in multi-member constituencies on the basis of a relative majority system.
Economy.
Yasamal is located in one of the most important central districts of Baku. There are 9,153 different categories of economic objects in the district, and 100,382 workers and servants work in these economic objects. The average monthly salary in these enterprises was 622.7 AZN.
The macroeconomic indicators of Yasamal district in 2017 were as follows:
As of January 1, 2018, the total number capacity of Yasamal Telephone Junction is 179,832, the number of numbers used by the population is 152,888.