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Qızılqaya, Goygol
Qızılqaya is a village in the municipality of Goygol in the Goygol Rayon of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th .... References External links Populated places in Goygol District {{Goygol-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goygol (city)
Goygol ( az, Göygöl , known as Helenendorf before 1931, Yelenino in 1931–1938, Khanlar in 1938–2008) is a city, municipality and the capital of the Goygol District in northwestern Azerbaijan. It is around south of Azerbaijan's second-largest city, Ganja, Azerbaijan, Ganja. The city of Goygol has a population of 30.000. The municipality includes the city of Goygol and the village of Qızılqaya, Goygol, Qızılqaya. Geography Location Goygol is situated in northwestern Azerbaijan south of Ganja, Azerbaijan, Ganja city in the foothills of the Murovdag of the Lesser Caucasus Mountains. It is in the Kura (Caspian Sea), Kura River Basin, and the Gyandzha River () runs through the city. A spur to Ganja connects it to the Baku-Kazakh railway, and there is a highway into Ganja. Climate Goygol has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfa). July is the hottest month with an average temperature of and January is the coldest with an average temperature of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goygol Rayon
Goygol District ( az, Göygöl rayonu) is one of the 66 Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan, districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the west of the country and belongs to the Ganja-Dashkasan Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Goranboy District, Goranboy, Kalbajar District, Kalbajar, Dashkasan District, Dashkasan, Shamkir District, Shamkir, Samukh District, Samukh, and the city of Ganja, Azerbaijan, Ganja. Its capital and largest city is Goygol (city), Goygol. As of 2020, the district had a population of 64,600. History Formerly known as Khanlar, the region was renamed "Göygöl" after Goygol (lake), Lake Göygöl, the famous blue lake, by the decision of the Parliament of Azerbaijan on April 25, 2008. The administrative centre of the district, Goygol (city), Goygol city was established in 1819 by German settlers who came from Kingdom of Württemberg and was called Goygol (city), Helenendorf. Houses were built in German style, streets were laid down, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia (Republic of Dagestan) to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia and Turkey to the west, and Iran to the south. Baku is the capital and largest city. The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic proclaimed its independence from the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic in 1918 and became the first secular democratic Muslim-majority state. In 1920, the country was incorporated into the Soviet Union as the Azerbaijan SSR. The modern Republic of Azerbaijan proclaimed its independence on 30 August 1991, shortly before the dissolution of the Soviet Union in the same year. In September 1991, the ethnic Armenian majority of the Nagorno-Karabakh region formed the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
