percent of the population (about 23,100 persons) consists of young people and teenagers aged 14–29. Education There are 39 libraries, 13 culture houses, 1 musical school, 3 museums, 1 painting gallery and 25 clubs in the region. Central Hospital, 1 rural hospital, 15 rural health posts serve to the population of the district. There are 39 schools, 4 pre-school and 34 kindergartens in the district. Geographical position Aghstafa district was established on January 24, 1939, as one of the administrative districts of Azerbaijan. The Area of Aghstafa district, which is 1.74 of the territory of the Republic, is 1504 km2. The territory of the Aghstafa district joined the Gazakh district on December 4, 1959, and it was separated and became an administrative district from April 14, 1990. There is one town (Aghstafa town), 9 settlements (Vurgun, Poylu, Shakarli, Jeyranchol, Saloglu, Soyuqbulag, Soyuqbulaglar, Hazi Aslanov, Garajazi) and 29 villages in the district. The administrative center of the district is Aghstafa. The status of the city was given to Aghstafa in 1941. According to the 2017's information, the population of the city where located 300 meters above sea level on the right bank of Aghstafa River, is 86529 people. The distance from Baku is 450 km. 3,510 hectares of the district territory are covered with forests. The main part of the forests is Tugai forest. Covering a territory of 3,510 hectares, a number of plants and birds are protected in the Garayazi State Reserve, the names of which are listed in the IUCN Red List. The region is located in the western part of Azerbaijan, on the border with Georgia and Armenia. The Kur River, the largest river in Azerbaijan, and the Kura branch - Aghstafachay, as well as several small rivers flow from this region. Candargol Lake is also located in this region. The surface of district mainly consist of plain such as Ganja-Gazakh and Garayazi plains. Sediments belonging to the Cretaceous, Paleogene, Quaternary are spread in the region. There are minerals such as saw stone, bentonite clay, pebble, sand, cement raw material, etc. Tourism and historical monuments Prehistoric monuments Paleolithic tent settlement(Paleolithic)- village Kochesker Open Palaeolithic tent(Paleolithic)- village Tatli Toyratepe settlement(neolith(late Stone Age)-Bronze Age)-village Ashagi Goychali 1st Shomutepe settlement (neolith)-Aghstafa city Gargalar hill settlement (neolith)-village Girili Arzamastepe settlement (neolith)-settlement Vurgun Molla Nagi hill (Stone Age-neolith)-village Kochesker Kichik tepe settlement (Stone Age, neolith and Bronze Age)-village Ashagi Goyjali Chapiish settlement (eneolith-Bronze