Goychay (city)
40°39′11″N 47°44′26″E / 40.65306°N 47.74056°E
Goychay
Göyçay | |
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City & Municipality | |
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Coat of arms of Goychay Coat of arms | |
  Goychay | |
| Coordinates: 40°39′11″N 47°44′26″E / 40.65306°N 47.74056°E | |
| 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 | +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]
Notable natives
- 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
Twin towns — Sister cities
Tovuz is twinned with various cities.
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References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
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