Goychay (city)
Goychay (city)
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Coordinates: 40°39′11″N 47°44′26″E / 40.65306°N 47.74056°E / 40.65306; 47.74056
Goychay Göyçay | ||
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City & Municipality | ||
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  Goychay | ||
| Coordinates: 40°39′11″N 47°44′26″E / 40.65306°N 47.74056°E / 40.65306; 47.74056 | ||
| Country |  Azerbaijan | |
| Rayon | Goychay | |
| Founded | 1916 | |
| Elevation | 115 m (377 ft) | |
| Population (2010)[1] | ||
| • Total | 37,280 | |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+5 (AZT) | |
| Area code(s) | +994 167 | |
| Website | Official website | |
Goychay (also, Göyçay, Gekchai, Geokchai, Geokchay, Geoktschai, Geokčaj, Geychay, and Göychay) is a city and municipality in and the capital of the Goychay Rayon of Azerbaijan. The municipality includes the city of Goychay and the nearby village of Qızılqaya.[2]
As of December 2004 the urban population was 35,344[3]
Concerted settlement dates back to the late 1850s following the devastating 1859 earthquake in Shemakha, though the town was only officially incorporated as such in 1916.[4]
Contents
1 Notable natives
2 International relations
2.1 Twin towns — Sister cities
3 References
4 External links
Notable natives[edit]
Enver Mammadkhanli — writer, Honored Art Worker of Azerbaijan SSR.[5]
Mirza Khazar — prominent radio journalist, essayist, translator of the Bible in Azeri language.
Rasul Rza — writer, People's Poet of Azerbaijan (1960).[6]
Rauf Atakishiyev – singer, pianist, People's Artist of Azerbaijan (1967).
Sadykh bey Aghabekov — general in the Russian Imperial Army, founder and reformer of Azerbaijani Police, Major General, Orientalist.
International relations[edit]
Twin towns — Sister cities[edit]
Tovuz is twinned with various cities.
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References[edit]
^ World Gazetteer: Azerbaijan Archived 2011-06-22 at the Wayback Machine. – World-Gazetteer.com
^ "Belediyye Informasiya Sistemi" (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on September 24, 2008..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ Goychay Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine.
^ Goychay Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine.
^ "Мамедханлы Энвер Гафар оглы". Great Soviet Encyclopedia.
^ "Расул Рза". Great Soviet Encyclopedia.
^ "Azerbaijan`s Goychay, Italy` Valmontone become sister cities". sia.az. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
External links[edit]
Goychay (city) at GEOnet Names Server
Goychay District | ||
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Capital: Goychay | ||
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Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan | |
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Names in italics indicate parts of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic | |
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Categories:
- Populated places in Goychay District
- Baku Governorate
- Goychay District geography stubs
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