Qakh District

Qakh District (Azerbaijani: Qax rayonu; Georgian: კახის რაიონი, romanized: K′akhis raioni; Tsakhur: Къахын район, romanized: Qaxın rayon) is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the north of the country, in the Shaki-Zagatala Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Zagatala, Shaki, Samukh, Yevlakh, as well as the Kakheti region of Georgia and the Russian Republic of Dagestan. Its capital and largest city is Qakh. As of 2020, the district had a population of 57,200.

The region is dominated by hot and subtropical climate. However mountainous areas are rather cold. Annual rain precipitation varies from 300mm (in the south) to 1600mm in mountain areas.^{[citation needed]}

Meadows, water resources, forests, and fertile soils are providing space for agricultural development, especially for walnut, chestnut production.^{[citation needed]}

Heavy rains and snowmelts from mountains often result in a flood.^{[citation needed]}

The region also has one of the biggest Natural Reserves in Azerbaijan named “Ilisu Natural Reserve”. Reserve is located near Aghchay village.^{[citation needed]}

Region borders with Dagestan Republic (Russia) in north east, Zagatala region in the north, Samukh region in the south, Georgia in the west. Gakh region accounts for 13% of water supplies of Caucasus (3873 cubic kilometers), 100 thousand cub meters of which are extracted for the administrative district, 63 000 of which used for irrigation and only 2 000 cub meters are used for agriculture. Rest is used for domestic consumption and production.

The local economy is specialized in crop production and livestock. The most common products produced here are tobacco and grain.^{[citation needed]}

The main enterprises are canned food and vegetables. Other enterprises cover sweets, oil products, and beverages. Enterprises mainly cover domestic demand and ship products to other districts.^{[citation needed]}