Göytəpə (also, Goytepe, Göytäpä, Prišib, Prishib, Prishibinsk,
Prishibinskoe, and Prishibinskoye) — is a city and the second most populous municipality, after the capital
Cəlilabad
Jalilabad ( (also, Astrakhanka, Astrakhan-Bazar until 1967 ) is a city in and the capital of the Jalilabad District of Azerbaijan. The city is named after Azerbaijani satirist and writer Jalil Mammadguluzadeh
Jalil Huseyngulu oghlu Mammadgul ...
, in the
Jalilabad District of
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 ...
. As of 2025, it has a population of 15,200.
Renamed in 1992, "Göytəpə" in
Azerbaijani means "Blue Hill."
Notable natives
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Vugar Mursalov — National Hero of Azerbaijan.
Wildlife
The
Caspian tiger
The Caspian tiger was a '' Panthera tigris tigris'' population native to eastern Turkey, northern Iran, Mesopotamia, the Caucasus around the Caspian Sea, Central Asia to northern Afghanistan and the Xinjiang region in western China. Until the Midd ...
used to be found in the
Caucasus
The Caucasus () or Caucasia (), is a region spanning Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is situated between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, comprising parts of Southern Russia, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. The Caucasus Mountains, i ...
, before the end of the 20th century. In particular, an
"immense" tiger was killed in Prishibinsk, as Heptner and Sludskii (1972) called it, in 1899.
See also
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Trans-Caucasus
The South Caucasus, also known as Transcaucasia or the Transcaucasus, is a geographical region on the border of Eastern Europe and West Asia, straddling the southern Caucasus Mountains. The South Caucasus roughly corresponds to modern Armenia, ...
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Jalilabad District (Azerbaijan)
Jalilabad District () is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the southeast of the country and belongs to the Lankaran-Astara Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Masally, Yardimli, Bilasuvar, and Neftchal ...
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Populated places in Jalilabad District (Azerbaijan)