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Clubs

Years Number of clubs Number of seats in the auditorium and lecture-halls
Total per 1000 population
Urban and rural places
1995 3677 554793 73
2000 3354 491783 62
2001 3091 480731 60
2002 3077 474267 59
2003 3066 464413 57
2004 3030 464359 57
2005 2763 458702 55
2006 2759 455279 54
Urban
1995 503 141273 36
2000 432 112119 28
2001 414 112160 28
2002 418 112216 27
2003 407 108631 26
2004 657 108897 27
2005 393 104071 24
2006 394 102755 23
Rural
1995 3174 413520 114
2000 2922 379664 97
2001 2677 368571 93
2002 2659 362051 91
2003 2659 355782 90
2004 2373 355462 89
2005 2370 354631 87
2006 2365 352524 86

Distribution of clubs by departmental dirrision

  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total 3354 3091 3077 3066 3030 2763 2759
including:              
Ministry of Culture and Tourism 3275 3016 3000 2997 2968 2703 2699
Azerbaijan Trade Unions Confederation 79 75 77 69 62 60 60

Club organizations by system of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism

  1995 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Number of club organizations - total 9386 8236 7818 7339 7323 7109 6997 6885
participants in them, thsd person 125.2 107.5 100.4 93.5 92.4 87.3 83.6 83.9
From total number of organizations:                
clubs of interest and amateur unions 1086 1076 985 951 1099 1046 1094 1134
participants in them, thsd person 16.2 15.2 14.3 13.1 14.5 13.9 14.0 14.2
clubs of amateur art activities 7509 6604 6281 5834 5852 5664 5474 5345
participants in them, thsd person 97.0 85.3 78.9 73.8 73.4 68.5 64.8 64.9
technical creation courses and classes 791 556 552 554 372 399 429 406
participants in them, thsd person 12.0 7.0 7.2 6.6 4.5 4.9 4.8 4.8
Clubs and collectives for children and adults from the total number of club organizations 3989 3632 3734 3614 3442 3410 3375 3365
participants in them, thsd person 56.1 50.4 52.4 48.4 46.2 44.9 44.2 45.3

Number of employees in cultural and educational clubs

  1995 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Number of employees - total, person 11133 10200 9118 9253 9007 8987 8554 8302
including:                
urban 2821 2494 2306 2338 2202 2544 2035 1962
rural 8312 7706 6812 6915 6805 6443 6519 6340

Education level of cultural and educational club employees by
system of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (percent)

Years Cultural and educational club employees by education
higher education on culture and art higher education excepting culture and art orta secondary specialized education on culture and art
Urban and rural places
1995 8.9 1.1 27.0
2000 8.2 1.6 29.9
2001 8.7 2.3 27.1
2002 8.2 2.3 26.2
2003 8.4 2.5 27.4
2004 8.5 2.0 24.8
2005 7.7 2.7 24.5
2006 7.8 2.4 23.9
Urban
1995 24.4 3.6 33.3
2000 22.1 4.9 34.4
2001 22.5 8.5 32.7
2002 22.0 5.1 34.0
2003 23.1 5.9 29.7
2004 23.2 5.2 29.4
2005 22.7 5.2 29.3
2006   5.2 31.1
Rural
1995 5.5 0.5 25.7
2000 5.2 0.8 28.9
2001 5.2 0.8 25.7
2002 4.6 1.6 24.2
2003 4.9 1.7 26.8
2004 5.2 1.5 24.2
2005 4.4 2.1 23.4
2006 4.3 1.7 22.3

Technical condition of club buildings by system of the
Ministry of Culture and Tourism (without autoclubs and culttent)

Years Clubs in separate buildings
need capital repairs being in emergency
number of clubs as percent of total clubs number of clubs as percent of total clubs
Urban and rural places
1995 984 31.9 67 2.2
2000 1160 39.3 96 3.3
2001 1165 42.7 95 3.5
2002 1155 42.4 92 3.4
2003 1063 38.8 86 3.1
2004 1164 42.9 73 2.7
2005 1236 45.7 90 3.3
2006 1233 45.7 78 2.9
Urban
1995 137 39.1 1 0.3
2000 158 44.8 2 0.6
2001 169 49.1 2 0.6
2002 164 47.8 22 6.4
2003 158 46.3 7 2.1
2004 137 40.2 7 2.1
2005 160 47.9 6 1.8
2006 164 48.8 12 3.6
Rural
1995 985 37.8 55 2.1
2000 1002 38.6 94 3.6
2001 996 41.8 93 3.9
2002 991 41.6 70 2.9
2003 905 37.8 79 3.3
2004 1027 43.3 66 2.8
2005 1076 45.4 84 3.5
2006 1069 45.2 66 2.8

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