Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Qabala is a rayon of Azerbaijan. Its administrative center is the historic town of Q b l , which in ancient times was known as the capital of Caucasian Albania. Located here is a Soviet Era (1985) Qabala Radar an early warning radar system that is leased by Russia from Azerbaijan for est. $7.5m annually until 2012. The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin has proposed it as a possible site for the common U.S.-Russian Missile Defense system. Gabala bears the name of the ancient Gabala, a city which was the capital of the ancient state of Caucasian Albania. The ruins of the old city are located 20 kilometers to southwest of the present center of the district. The remnants of the large buildings, city gates, tower walls and patters of material culture prove that Gabala was one of the most prominent cities at that time.