History
Kovsakan province was famed under the name of Grakhmu castle located there in the medieval centuries.
Only Achanan volost and the western part was included in Gafan rayon of Armenia, but the eastern and more favourable territories were included in the Azerbaijan SSR while determining borders of the Soviet Republics. In 1930, administrative district of Zangilan was created there.
On October 29, 1993 the rayon was taken under the Armenian Armed Forces’ control.
There are historical monuments kept by the government in the territory of the rayon: a circular tower in Khadijally village, an octagonal mausoleum of Yahya ibn Muhammad al-Haj (1304-1305) in Məmmədbəyli village.
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