Goychay (city)
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Goychay is a city and municipality in and the capital of the Goychay Rayon of Azerbaijan
. The municipality includes the city of Goychay and the nearby village of Qızılqaya.
As of December 2004 the urban population was 35,344
Concerted settlement dates back to the late 1850s following the devastating 1859 earthquake in Shemakha
, though the town was only officially incorporated as such in 1916.
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...
. The municipality includes the city of Goychay and the nearby village of Qızılqaya.
As of December 2004 the urban population was 35,344
Concerted settlement dates back to the late 1850s following the devastating 1859 earthquake in Shemakha
Shamakhi
Shamakhi or Shamakhy is a rayon of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and a town in the rayon. It is the historical center of the region of Shirvan.The town is west of Baku. It has more than 20,000 inhabitants, among them Azerbaijanis and Russians...
, though the town was only officially incorporated as such in 1916.
Notable natives
- Enver Mammadkhanli — writer, Honored Art Worker of Azerbaijan SSR.
- Mirza KhazarMirza KhazarMirza Kerim oglu Mikayilov , known as Mirza Khazar , is an eminent Azerbaijani author, political analyst, legendary anchorman, radio journalist, publisher, and translator. Mirza Khazar is a Mountain Jew...
— prominent radio journalist, essayist, translator of the Bible in Azeri language. - Rasul RzaRasul RzaRasul Rza , , was Azerbaijani writer, Hero of Socialist Labour , People's Poet of Azerbaijan, Laureate of Soviet State Award and the Chairman of the Writers' Union of Azerbaijan...
— writer, People's Poet of Azerbaijan (1960). - Sadykh bey AghabekovSadykh bey AghabekovSadykh bey Aghabekov also spelled as Sadykh bey Aghabeyov was an Azerbaijani general in the Russian Imperial Army and Azerbaijani politician in Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, founder and reformer of Azerbaijani Police, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, Major...
— general in the Russian Imperial Army, founder and reformer of Azerbaijani Police, Major General, Orientalist.