Section: Population Figures and Profile

Sub-section: Global figures

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Total internally displaced people in the government-controlled territory: 586,013 people (2009)

• The government reported there were 586,013 internally displaced people in Azerbaijan in 2009
• Most IDPs live in Baku, Fizuli, Sumgait and Barda
  
  

Number of displaced people

In December 2009, the government reported there were a total of 586,013 internally displaced persons.

In April 2008, the government reported there were a total of 572,531 internally displaced persons. This is equivalent to 143,526 families. This is a decrease from 686,586 internally displaced persons reporrted in 2005 and 2006.

Government of Azerbaijan, 21 July 2009:
"There were now more than 800,000 internally displaced persons in Azerbaijan proper."

Government of Azerbaijan, 21 November 2006:
"Fully recognizing its primary responsibility to protect IDPs on its territory, the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan has been continuing to play an increasingly leading role in the provision of care and assistance to the internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the course of the recent years through some temporary integration initiatives to assist and meet the needs of 686,586 IDPs forcibly displaced from the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 other adjacent regions of Azerbaijan..."

Government of Azerbaijan, 2005, p. 45:
“A total of 311,000 refugees and 577,906 IDPs were living in Azerbaijan as of December 1, 2004. These figures are based on the information given by local government offices in areas where there is a high density of IDP population. As mentioned above, the data are not considered to be very reliable, due to the unregistered migration of IDPs and refugees from areas where they were originally settled.”

Government of Azerbaijan, State Committee on Refugees and IDPs, December 2005:
"As of December 2005, the State Committee on Refugees and IDPs estimated the number of IDPs to be 558,387 people. However, based on information provided by the government on the location of IDPs (see table below) there were 727,996 IDPs in December 2005."

UNHCR, December 2006:
“According to official statistics from the Government of Azerbaijan there were at the end of 2005, 686,586 IDPs (578,545 IDPs from Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjancent occupied districts and 108,041 resettled from areas near border with Armenia).”

Location of the displaced

Government of Azerbaijan, 3 April 2008

City or region	IDPs 2008 (people)
Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic	835
Baku	186909
Barda	34711
Balakan	219
Bilasuvar	19255
Beylagan	12655
Aghdam	38690
Agjabadi	14488
Absheron	14894
Aghdash	2851
Aghsu	1548
Aghstafa	183
Sumgait	46122
Saatly	3934
Sabirabad	5680
Salyan	682
Qakh	1147
Qabala	1798
Qazakh	6353
Quba	190
Ganja	16494
Goranboy	8085
Goychay	1651
Gadabey	286
Mingachevir	17470
Masally	749
Naftalan	1294
Neftchala	1307
Zagatala	304
Zardab	743
Shamakhi	1094
Shaki	4644
Shamkir	2110
Imishli	6356
Ismayilli	3099
Khachmaz	358
Khanlar	5601
Tartar	11414
Tovuz	11
Yevlakh	8610
Kurdamir	2059
Ucar	826
Lenkaran	111
Oghuz	2784
Haciqabul	946
Ali-Bayramli	2552
Calilabad	739
Dashkesan	1362
Davachi	204
Qobustan	303
Khizi	207
Siyazan	93
Fizuli	57292
Samukh	1517
Qusar	22
Astara	18
Lachin (Taxtakorpu)	16672

Government of Azerbaijan, December 2005:

Estimates of IDPs Temporarily Residing at Cities and Regions of the Azerbaijan Republic

City or region	IDPs 2005 (families/people)
Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic	264/967
Baku	40915/169609
Binagadi	6938/28479
Azizbayov	3204/13673
Khatai	4245/17599
Garadag	2353/9612
Narimanov	4130/16762
Nasimi	2543/10659
Nizami	3410/13840
Sabunchu	4425/18456
Sabail	1901/7585
Surakhani	3330/14901
Yasamal	4436/18043
Ali Bayramli	1102/4451
Ganja	3752/15359
Mingachevir	4356/18004
Sumgayit	10752/44084
Naftalan	605/2968
Absheron	2507/10093
Agjabadi	4317/17736
Agdam	6206/25275
Agdash	868/3367
Agstafa	59/162
Agsu	442/1774
Astara	10/50
Balakan	65/260
Beylagan	4190/16207
Barda	10729/44802
Bilasuvar	2843/12568
Jalilabad	311/1418
Dashkasan	343/1272
Davachi	98/353
Fuzuli	13433/54122
Gadabay	97/321
Goranboy	1917/7246
Goychay	511/1919
Hajigabul	516/1849
Khachmaz	125/462
Khanlar	1615/6021
Khizi	110/468
Imishli	3356/11132
Ismayilli	812/3372
Kurdamir	768/2745
Gakh	264/1083
Gazakh	1839/6859
Gabala	498/1943
Gobustan	165/470
Guba	66/257
Gusar	14/30
Lachin (Takhta korpu)	3576/14009
Lerik	0/0
Lankaran	128/504
Masalli	137/455
Neftchala	97/377
Oguz	701/2764
Saatli	1288/4902
Sabirabad	2063/7749
Salyan	330/1369
Samukh	402/1772
Siyazan	33/141
Shamakhi	302/1130
Shaki	1294/5131
Shamkir	490/1923
Tartar	3107/11047
Tovuz	5/23
Ujar	290/1042
Yardimli	0/0
Yevlakh	2812/11646
Zagatala	104/375
Zardab	235/950

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