| Settlement Type: | Raion |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Azerbaijan |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Baku |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Baku |
| Area Total Km2: | 16.22 |
Yasamal is a settlement and raion in Baku, Azerbaijan. As of 2023, it had a population of 225,600.[1] It is one of the central districts of Baku.
Yasamal district was established in 1932 as the administrative unit of the district, from the south to Sabail (3 km), west from Garadagh (3.2 km), north from Binagadi (2.8 km) and Nasimi (5 km) borders with regions.[2]
Through the district, from the "Kurt Gate" and Badamdar settlement to the south bypassing Baku-Gazakh and Baku-Astara and west of New Yasamal to Baku via Baku-Gazakh, Baku-Astara and Baku-Yalama, and from Bilajari, there are exits to Gazakh and Baku-Yalama highways.
5,497 families – 20,550 internally displaced persons have registered in the District Executive Authority.
The registered population density is 15,160 people/km2. The population of the region is 118,776 people, with 48.5% males and 51.5% females.[3]
Eight higher education institutions are present, along with 5 secondary specialized educational institutions, 4 music schools, 30 kindergartens, and 28 secondary schools (high school, gymnasium) where the number of teachers employed is 3,076 and the number of pupils is 29,643.[4]
The Nizami, Academy of Sciences, Inshaatchilar.
20 January subway stations are located in the district.[5]
The elected local self-governing body is Yasamal municipality. Pursuant to Article 210.1 of the Election Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan, members of municipalities are elected in multi-member constituencies on the basis of a relative majority system.[6]
Yasamal is located in a central district of Baku. 9,153 different categories of economic objects operate in the district, with 100,382 workers and servants. The average monthly salary in these enterprises was 622.7 AZN.[7]
The macroeconomic indicators of Yasamal district in 2017 were:
As of January 1, 2018, the total number capacity of Yasamal Telephone Junction was 179,832, among which 152,888 numbers were in use.[8]