Əmircan (also, Amirabdzhan, Amiradzhan, Amiradzhany, Amircan, Amirdžan, Amirjan, and Amirdzhan) is a municipality near
Baku
Baku (, ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Azerbaijan, largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and in the Caucasus region. Baku is below sea level, which makes it the List of capital ci ...
,
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by ...
. It has a population of 28,203.
In the 1886 official census 2283 ethnic
tats were living here.
Notable natives
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Abbasgulu Bakikhanov
Abbasgulu agha Bakikhanov () (, – January 1847), Abbas Qoli Bakikhanov, or Abbas-Qoli ibn Mirza Mohammad (Taghi) Khan Badkubi was an Azerbaijani writer, historian, journalist, linguist, poet and philosopher. He was son of the third khan of Baku ...
- historian and writer, the founder of Azerbaijani scientific historiography.
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Sattar Bahlulzade Sattar Bahlulzade (; 15 December 1909 – 14 October 1974) was an Azerbaijani painter, best known for his landscape paintings depicting the nature of Azerbaijan. He is considered to be the founder of Azerbaijani Impressionism.
Among Bahlulzade's b ...
- painter, People's Painter of Azerbaijan SSR (1964), the founder of contemporary Azerbaijani landscape painting.
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Albert Agarunov -
National Hero of Azerbaijan
The National Hero of Azerbaijan () is the highest national title in the Republic of Azerbaijan. The title was named on 25 March 1992, and the "Qizil Ulduz" Medal awarded as a sign of receiving this title was established by a separate law on 15 J ...
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Murtuza Mukhtarov - oil industrialist and millionaire
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Zeynal Zeynalov - politician
Monuments
Amirjan NizameddinMosque 005 0098.jpg, Nizamaddin Mosque
Amirjan MurtuzaMukhtarovMosque 005 0063.jpg, Murtuza Mukhtarov Mosque
AmirjanyRailwayStation 005 0244.jpg, Amirjan Railway Station
Amirjany AliBunyadlılarMosque 005 0209.jpg, Bunyadlılar Mosque
References
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Populated places in Baku
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