Kalbajar–Lachin Economic Region

It bordered Armenia to the west and Iran to the south, as well as the economic regions of Upper Karabakh — almost congruous with the Armenian-inhabited Nagorno-Karabakh — and Ganja-Gazakh.

The region consisted of the districts of Kalbajar, Lachin, Qubadli and Zangilan.

On July 7, 2021, Azerbaijan reorganized its internal economic regions.

During the process, Ilham Aliyev created a new region out of Kalbajar-Lachin and the newly-captured Jabrayil District from Nagorno-Karabakh.

[1] For a long time, the Kalbajar-Lachin economic region had been known as agrarian region with large arable lands and pasture areas (sheep- and cattle breeding, livestock products, wool, fodder crops, beekeeping, wine, tobacco, grain-growing, etc.