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'Qobustan' is an administrative district, or rayon, of Azerbaijan. Area 1,369.4 km²; population 37,137; population density 27 persons/km². Administrative centre is Maraza located about 50 miles west of Baku. From 1930 until 1943 and again from 1960 until 1990 the territory belonged to Shamakhi administrative district.
Near Maraza there is the mausoleum of Sufi mystic Diri Baba (Living Grandfather) built in 1402.
Qobustan as a geographic region also comprises some territory southeast of the administrative district of Qobustan.

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★ Gobustan State Reserve - a World Heritage Site