Gadabay Rayon

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Gadabay
—  Rayon  —
Map of Azerbaijan showing Gadabay rayon
Country Azerbaijan
Capital Gadabay
Area
 • Total 1,290 km2 (498.1 sq mi)
Population (2010 est.)
 • Total 94,200
Postal code 2100
Telephone code 232

Gadabay (Azerbaijani: Gədəbəy; Russian: Гедабек, Гедабекский район, Gadabek; more common traditional Russian spelling Кедабек, Кедабекский район) is a rayon of Azerbaijan renowned for its potatoes and its gold fields. The famous Siemens company worked here in the Tsarist era claiming that they were exporting copper. However it has been recently revealed that in fact they were actually secretly exporting gold. The gold mining operation has recently resumed[1]

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[edit] Demographics

[edit] Ethnic Groups

  • Azeris 99,29%
  • Other 0,71% (mostly ethnic Russians, some of whom belong to the Molokan religious minority, living in villages such as Slavyanka)

[edit] Religion

[edit] Language

[edit] References


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