Shabran (Azerbaijani: Şabran) is a city in and the capital of the Shabran District of Azerbaijan.
Known as Davachi (Azerbaijani: Dəvəçi) until 2010, Shabran received city status in 1961.
The name of Shabran comes from an historic medieval town of the same name that was a port some 15km further north.
[2] The officially registered population of Shabran in 2010 was 23,248.
Azerbaijanis and Tats are the largest ethnic groups.