| Names
|
| ISO3-Code |
AZE
|
| Continent |
Asia
|
| Country Name |
Azerbaijan
|
| Administrative Classifications |
| Level Used |
1
|
| Leve1 Type |
Rayon
|
| Number of Units |
74
|
| Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) |
108
|
| National Population Estimates |
| Last Year of Reference |
1990
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) |
7,119
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) |
7,536
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) |
7,978
|
| UN Population, 1990 ('000) |
7,175
|
| UN Population, 1995 ('000) |
7,685
|
| UN Population, 2000 ('000) |
8,041
|
| National
Spatial Estimates |
| Area (km2) |
85,355
|
| Average Input Resolution (km) |
34
|
| Settlement Points |
| Number of Settlement Points |
29
|
| Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
1,807,300
|
| Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
21,042
|
| Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
117,427
|
| Urban Areal Extents |
| Number of Urban Extents |
27
|
| Largest Urban Extent (km2) |
1,597
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (km2) |
7
|
| Mean Urban Extent (km2) |
227
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (km2) |
6,123
|
| Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
2,079,787
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
12,378
|
| Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
157,211
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
4,244,684
|
| % Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) |
7%
|
| % Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) |
53%
|
| % Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) |
52%
|
| Urban Areal Extents, by Source |
| Nighttime Lights Data |
26
|
| Regression-estimated Extents |
0
|
| Digital Chart of the World |
1
|
| Other |
0
|
| Notes |
| Administrative
Population Source Data: Australian Centre of the Asian Spatial Information and Analysis Network (ACASIAN), http://www.asian.gu.edu.au/ . |
| Administrative
Boundary Source Data: Australian Centre of the Asian Spatial Information and Analysis Network (ACASIAN), http://www.asian.gu.edu.au/ . |
| Settlement
Point Population Source Data: ASCities, ASCITY.XLS; Statistical Yearbook Azerbaijan 2001, Statistical Yearbook Azerbaijan 2001;World Gazetteer, www.gazetteer.de |
| Settlement
Point Coordinate Source Data: ASCities, NIMA, World Gazetteer |
| Urban
Criteria for Settlements (UN): Cities and urban-type localities, officially designated as such, usually according to the criteria of number of inhabitants and predominance of agricultural or non-agricultural workers and their families. |
| Administrative
Population Edits and Notes: Population data were extrapolated to target years of 1990, 1995 and 2000 using growth rates derived from United Nations national level estimates and projections. |
| Administrative
Spatial Edits and Notes: -- |
