[3] The city is populated mostly by Azerbaijanis, but with significant minorities of the indigenous Avar, Lezgin, Tsakhur and Ingiloy peoples.

They put a vital contribution in establishing cultural relations among the peoples of the Caucasus.

At the end of the 1980s, however, the fortress was in a neglected and extremely dilapidated state and its area was used for cattle pasture in the summer.

[4] The statue of one of the mutineers erected in the Soviet era still decorates Heydar Aliyev park not far from the fortress.

[11] It is served by the A315 road coming from Mingachevir and leading to the Georgian border at Lagodekhi as well as by a small airfield.

Zaqatala City Stadium located in Galaduzu area was inaugurated in 2008 within the Zagatala Olimpic Sports Complex.

[12][13] Majority of the city and the district are ethnic Azerbaijanis with significant minorities of Avars, Lezgins, Tsakhurs and Ingiloys.

The majority of population are mainly Sunni Muslim, with Orthodox Christian (mostly Georgian) minorities.