Yardimli District
Yardimli District is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the south-east of the country and is part of the Lankaran-Astara Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Jalilabad, Masally, Lerik, and the Ardabil Province of Iran. Its capital and largest city is Yardimli. As of 2020, the district had a population of 68,000.
History
The district was called the village Vargaduz, part of Lankaran Uyezd from 1920 to 1930. In 1930, it was renamed the Vargaduz district. It has been named Yardimli region since 1938, with Yardimli as the center of the district.Geography
The rayon borders upon Iran and Lerik District, Masally District, Jalilabad District of Azerbaijan. Yardimli is located within the mountainous region in the southern-eastern part of Azerbaijan, within 39 ° -38 ° north longitude, 48 ° -49 ° east longitude. The length of the border with Lerik from the south is 40 km, from east to Masalli is 11 km, from north-east to Jalilabad region is 20 km. The length of the state border with the northern and western is 96 km with the Islamic Republic of Iran. The Vilesh River is the longest and full-flowing river of the rayon. Its length is equal to 11 km. Talysh Mountains, mountains of Peshtasar Mountain ridge and mountains of Burovar Mountain ridge occupy the territory of the rayon.The region covers 66.720 hectares of land. Forest in the district covers 20,536 hectares. Yardimli land zones consist of mountain-forest-brown soils, brown-mountain-forest lands, mountain-meadow lands. The mechanical components of the soils are overwhelming gill, clay, medium gill. The Vilash Stream is the biggest waterway in the district. Allar, Peshtasar, Solgard, and Valishli waterways are the valleys of the Vilash Stream. The area consists of the Talysh Mountains, Pashtasa mountain range and is encompassed by Mount Burwar.
Within the woods, valuable trees are beech, hornbeam, mammoth birch, rainbow, bushes, hips, oak, gulls. Within the timberlands, there are wild animals such as foxes, wolves, pigs, squirrels, jackals and badgers, as well as wild cat and beech.
Climate
Climate is warm, ordinary, sodden, winter is delicate, spring is hot. The average yearly temperature is +11.9 degrees C, the rainfall is 586 mm, the wind is west-south, the average speed is 1.6meters per second, the depth of groundwater is 4,5 meters, and the seismic rating is 7 points.Demography
Population
According to the State Statistics Committee, as of 2019, the population of the city recorded 67,000 persons, which increased by 17,000 persons from 50,000 persons in 2000. Of the total population, 34,300 are men and 32,700 are women. In 2018, more than 29,6 percent of the population consists of young people and teenagers aged 14–29.| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
| Total population | 50,0 | 50,9 | 51,8 | 52,6 | 53,4 | 54,2 | 55,3 | 56,1 | 57,0 | 57,8 | 58,7 | 59,6 | 60,6 | 61,5 | 62,4 | 63,3 | 64,2 | 65,2 | 66,1 | 67,0 |
| Urban population | 4,0 | 4,3 | 4,6 | 4,9 | 5,2 | 5,5 | 5,8 | 6,0 | 6,3 | 6,6 | 6,7 | 6,7 | 6,8 | 6,9 | 7,0 | 7,1 | 7,2 | 7,3 | 7,4 | 7,5 |
| Rural population | 46,0 | 46,6 | 47,2 | 47,7 | 48,2 | 48,7 | 49,5 | 50,1 | 50,7 | 51,2 | 52,0 | 52,9 | 53,8 | 54,6 | 55,4 | 56,2 | 57,0 | 57,9 | 58,7 | 59,5 |