Xəzər
Raion
Overhead pedestrian crossing on Mardakan-Zughulba highway
Xəzər
Coordinates: 40°27′23″N 50°06′56″E / 40.45639°N 50.11556°E / 40.45639; 50.11556
Country	Azerbaijan
City	Baku
Government
• Mayor	Elshan Salahov
Population  (2010)[citation needed]
• Total	240,000
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+4 (AZT)

The Khazar raion (Azerbaijani: Xəzər rayonu) is one of the 12 rayonlar in Baku, Azerbaijan. It has a population of 170,400.

Name

Before being renamed by the decision of the Parliament of Azerbaijan on May 11, 2010, the raion was called Azizbekov (Azerbaijani: Əzizbəyov) after Meshadi Azizbekov.^[1]

Municipalities

The raion contains the municipalities of Binə, Buzovna, Çilov-Neft Daşları, Gürgən-Pirallahı, Mərdəkan, Qala, Şağan, Şüvəlan, Türkan, and Zirə.