Hajigabul ( az, Hacıqabul) is a town, municipality and the capital of

Hajigabul District Hajigabul District () is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the east of the country and belongs to the Shirvan-Salyan Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Kurdamir, Agsu, Shamakhi, Gobustan, Absheron, B ...

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. It has a population of 23,512. The municipality consists of the city of Qazıməmməd and the village of

Balıqçı Balıqçı is a former village in the municipality of Qazıməmməd in the Hajigabul District of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic ...

History

It was named after a nearby eponymous lake; the name literally means ''bitter lake'' in Azerbaijani.Pospelov, p. 23 It was granted

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

status in 1934 and town status in 1938. In 1939, the town was renamed Kazi-Magomed (alternatively spelled Qaziməmməd and Qazıməmməd), after revolutionary Kazi Magomed Agasiyev. The original name was restored in 2000.

Transportation

Rail

Hajiqabul sits on one of the Azerbaijani primary rail lines running east–west connecting the capital,

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, with the rest of the country. The Kars–Tbilisi–Baku railway will run along the line through the city. The railway provides both human transportation and transport of goods and commodities such as oil and gravel. Hajiqabul's Central Railway Station is the terminus for national and international rail links to the city. The construction of the Kars–Tbilisi–Baku railway, which will directly connect

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, Georgia, and

, began in 2007 and is scheduled for completion in 2015. The completed branch will connect the city with

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in Georgia, and from there trains will continue to

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, and

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in Turkey.

Economy

People are mainly employed in manufacturing and transportation and service sectors. The largest employer operating in Hajiqabul is Hajiqabul Industrial Park which includes Automobile Plant by AzerMash.

Notable people

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References

Notes

Sources

*Е. М. Поспелов (Ye. M. Pospelov). "Имена городов: вчера и сегодня (1917–1992). Топонимический словарь." (City Names: Yesterday and Today (1917–1992). Toponymic Dictionary." Москва, "Русские словари", 1993.

External links

* {{Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan Populated places in Hajigabul District