Jelilabad

Jalilabad is a location of Azerbaijan. The capital is the town of Calilabad. The overall place of the place is 669,36 square kilometers . There are 2 cities and 117 villages in the vicinity. The center is Jalilabad city. The distance among the capital of Azerbaijan - Baku and Jalilabad is 221 km. The metropolis of Hamashara, which become positioned in Jalilabad location, belongs to the second millennium BC. The metropolis changed into surrounded with the aid of a 3-meter-high fort. After the Arabs invaded the territory, the city of Hamashara changed into collapsed and in next durations the town of Hasilly became mounted.

As a result of the relocation of Russians to Azerbaijan in the Thirties, the city of Astarkhanbazar, wherein Azerbaijanis and Russians lived collectively, became the middle of the region. The rayon become originated on August eight, 1930. Until July 2. It changed into called Astarkhanbazar as of 1967. On June 2, 1967 its call turned into modified to Jalilabad in honor of Azerbaijani author-playwright Jalil Mammadguluzadeh. On May 26, 1964, Jalilabad joined Bilasuvar administrative territorial unit. On January 6, 1965 it once more became an impartial place.