Jabrayil
Cəbrayil
Jrakan | |
|---|---|
City & Municipality | |
  Cəbrayil | |
| Coordinates: 39°24′00″N 47°01′34″E / 39.40000°N 47.02611°E | |
| de jure Country |  Azerbaijan |
| de jure Rayon | Jabrayil |
| de facto Country |  Artsakh |
| Established | 1980 |
| Elevation | 569 m (1,867 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 9,400 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AMT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+5 (AMT) |
Cəbrayil (also spelt Cäbrayil, Jabrayil, Jebrayil, Jebrail, Jabrail, Jäbrayyl, Jebraiele, Djebrail, Dzhebrail, Džebrail), Armenian: Jrakan, is a city currently administrated by ethnic Armenian forces from Nagorno-Karabakh since 25 August 1993, and now is part of Hadrut province of the unrecognized Republic of Artsakh. It was the capital of the Jabrayil Rayon of Azerbaijan.
History
According to the Russian Empire Census in 1897 Cəbrayil was a village with a population of 520, of which 282 were Armenians, 186 were Azerbaijanis, and 76 were Russians.[1]
Notable natives
- Jamil Ahmadov — Hero of the Soviet Union.[2]
- Teymur Guliyev — Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (1937–1953) and the Council of Ministers of Azerbaijan SSR (1953–1954).[3]
- Ramil Safarov — Azerbaijani army's officer
References
- ^ Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской Империи, 1897 г. т.63 Елисаветопольская губерния. Н.А.Тройницкий, С.-Петербург, 1904. стр. 138
- ^ "Ахмедов Джамил Мамед оглы". Heroes of the country.
- ^ "Кулиев Теймур Имам Кули оглы". Справочник по истории Коммунистической партии и Советского Союза 1898 - 1991.
External links
- Jabrayil at GEOnet Names Server
- World Gazetteer: Azerbaijan – World-Gazetteer.com
