The ancient monuments discovered on the territory of Aghjabadi rayon attest to human habitation dating to the Eneolithic, Bronze Age periods.
There are also remnants of the Middle Ages found at the Kamiltepe, Nargiztepe, Garakober, Yantepe, Galatepe and Gavur archaeological sites.
Ancient living settlements have been discovered in Təzəkənd (5th-2nd millennia BC), Arazbar (1st millennium), Qiyaməddinli (1st millennium) and Hüsülü villages, as well as the Sangartepe and Toratepe living settlements found in Sarıcalı and Şənlik villages.
Several historical monuments, one school, the Regional Centre of Culture and a library were destroyed and burned by Armenian forces during the Karabakh War in Yuxarı Qiyaməddinli village.
"Ashagi Avshar" village was settled at the beginning of the 20th century in the area named Kirov, with 5–10 families.
The economy in these territories, which had very dry soils, increased in the early part of the 20th century by the laying of the channel named after Orchenikidze on the basis of the famous Gavur arch.
The name of the village of Arazbar of Aghjabadi is written in the literature for the first time in the 13th century by Fazullah Rashideddin's "Letters".
In the 18th century, Arasbar was a pasture for the animals of Ibrahimkhalil Agha, the father of Panah Ali Khan, the founder of the Karabakh khanate.
Mohammed Fuzuli, Bayandur khan, Dede Gorgud belong to Bayat tribe.
The name of the village of Goyuk is derived from the word "koyuk" meaning greenery, forest.
In the 1840s [clarification needed], the rural population was mainly engaged in cattle-breeding, migratory life.
In some sources the name of the village is related to the Turkish tribe called Hajilar, living in Eastern Anatolia.
The name of the village of Khojavand of Aghjabadi means "Khojaly generation" in scientific literature.
The Garakhanids were the most powerful tribal associations formed in the Western Turkestan in the Middle Ages.
This tribal unity created the Garakhanids state and its first ruler was Abdelkarim Satuk Bugra Garakhan (940–955).
The relief of the Aghjabadi district is plain, gradually rises from the north to the south-west, and the surface is composed of continental - Alluuar and sea sediments of anthropogenic systems.
There are gazelle, wolves, jackal, fox, badgers, grey rabbits, small Asian mammals, and so on in the forests of the region.
[7] A large part of Kurds who had fled from Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh eventually settled in the district.
Seven residents of the district were awarded the Honorary Title of Azerbaijan, and 735 were the Presidential scholarships.
2906 families (15.622 people) from Nagorno-Karabakh and other occupied territories (IDPs) temporarily settled in the Agjabadi district.
[10] More than 27 percent of the population (about 36,500 persons) consists of young people and teenagers aged 14–29.
Meetings of the council are held at least twice a month in accordance with the "Regulations on Local Executive Power".
Establishment of the Council aims to take control over and discuss economic, social, cultural and other local issues of the region.
People mainly work in the fields of health, education, culture, agriculture, industrial enterprises operating in the region, as well as trade and public catering.
[12] The largest enterprises in the Agjabadi region include Atena LLC, BMS-Agro LLC, Aqat Agro LLC, Azapro-Takhil LLC, Agjabadi Cotton Processing Plant "MKT-İK" Agro "Cotton Processing Plant," MKT-İK "LLC Innovation Branch, Automobile Repair Plant, Mobile Mechanized Group, Road Exploitation Unit, Automobile base, Cargo Automobile base, Subartesian Wells Exploitation Unit, Aghgol State reserve, Post office, Telecommunication, Forest Melioration Station, Melioration Unit, Gunash villager farm, Azerbaijan firm, Cooperative society, Town Trade Association, Water Sukanal Office, Biyan Ltd., Central market, Social defence Fund, Cocoon Unit, Veterinary Unit.
The number of employed people in the region is 71,108, including 821 employees in the industry, 32904 in agriculture, 654 in construction, 184 in transport and communication, 5841 in education, culture and arts, health, physical education and 1145 in the field of social security, and 54 people in crediting finance and insurance, 812 in administrative bodies, 3361 in trade and service sectors and 25 thousand in other fields.
In 2017 the total volume of the product launch in the main branches of the economy in the region was 481 thousand manats.
The volume of the product launch in the main branches of the economy in 2017 amounted to 29368 manats in industry.
Between 2017 and 2018 new water supply system was constructed in the Aghjabadi district within the framework of a joint project between the United States and Azerbaijan.
As a result of the implementation of the project, 201 families got access to high-quality drinking water.