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Qubadli District
District
Map of Azerbaijan showing Qubadli District
Country	Azerbaijan
Region	East Zangezur
Established	14 March 1933
Capital	Qubadli
Settlements[1]	94
Government
• Governor	Malik Isagov
Area
• Total	800 km2 (300 sq mi)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	41,600
• Density	52/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)
Postal code	3900
Website	qubadli-ih.gov.az

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Qubadli District (Azerbaijani: Qubadlı rayonu) is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the south-west of the country and belongs to the East Zangezur Economic Region.^[3] The district borders the Lachin, Khojavend, Jabrayil and Zangilan districts, and the Syunik Province of Armenia.

Its capital and largest city is Qubadli. As of 2020, the district had a nominal population of 41,600.^[2]

The region was part of the Kurdistansky Uyezd and later the Kurdistan Okrug in the Azerbaijani SSR from 7 July 1923 to 23 July 1930. To its Kurdish population, it was known as Qûbadlî.^[4]

The district was established on 14 March 1933.^[1]

The district came was seized by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh in August 1993 during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. Azerbaijani forces regained control of all of the district during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.

According to the last Soviet census of 1989, population was 28,110.^[5] According to undated Azerbaijani data, the population was 34,100.^[6]

As of 1979 a total of 26,673 people:^{[7][unreliable source?]}

• Azerbaijanis 99,5% (26,537)
• Russians 0,2% (45)
• Armenians 0,1% (26)

As of 1989 a total of 28,110 people.^[5]

• Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh
• Kashatagh Province