Imishli ( az, İmişli) is a city and the capital of the Imishli District 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 ...

History

During the

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Qaradonlu Qaradonlu () is a village and municipality in the Imishli District of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 1,185. Notable natives * Sayyad Aran, Azerbaijani socio-figure; one of the founders of New Azerbaijan Party The New Azerbaijan Party ( ...

belonged to the

Javad Khan Javad Khan Qajar (; ; c. 1748 – 1804) was a member Ziyadoghlu Qajar, a clan of the Qajar tribe, as well as the sixth and the last khan of the Ganja Khanate from 1786 to 1804 before it was lost to Russia. Background Javad was born in 1748 as ...

administration. In 1906, the first School of

region was established, with many living-buildings,

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, mills and shops in the area. In August 1930,

was organized in Mil-Mugan as a region. As early as the

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, land-reclamation and irrigation work were made based on the intense irrigated plant-growing. In 1933,

Machine-Tractor Plant was built in the

historical region. As a result of the construction of the railway between

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and

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, people moved from the center of the region to

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of the

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. The population increase produced two-story brick buildings in

and Imishli. The regional capital was moved there and the region became Imishli District. Imishli village also expanded. Government houses were constructed, completely transforming the village's appearance. In 1944, Imishli was awarded status of town-type settlement, progressing to city status in the 1960s. In 1959, on the

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in the

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area, water storage was used - which was unique in that time period.

Outstanding people

* Prof.Dr.

Vusal Gasimli Vusal Afras ogly Gasimli ( az, Vüsal Əfras oğlu Qasımlı) is an Azerbaijani economist serving as the Executive director of the Center for Economic Reforms Analysis and Communication of the Republic of Azerbaijan (since 2016), was the Head of ...

, Executive Director of the Center for Analyses of Economic Reforms and Communication of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Infrastructure

The

region is situated in a favorable area near the

providing water resources, productive land and caravan roads. The Bash Mugam and Azizbaiov irrigation canals provide water to the land area of Imishli and to land areas of

Bilasuvar District Bilasuvar District ( az, Biləsuvar rayonu) is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the south-east of the country and belongs to the Shirvan-Salyan Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Imishli, Saatly, Sab ...

and

Saatly District Saatly District () is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the centre of the country and belongs to the Central Aran Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Imishli, Sabirabad, and Bilasuvar. Its capital and la ...

Culture

Sports

The city has one professional

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team, Mil-Muğan, currently competing in the second-flight of

i football, the

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Gallery

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References

External links

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Location map
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