Goychay (city)

Goychay (also, Göyçay, Gekchai, Geokchai, Geokchay, Geoktschai, Geokčaj, Geychay, and Göychay) 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.[2]

Goychay

Göyçay
City & Municipality
Coat of arms
Goychay
Coordinates: 40°39′11″N 47°44′26″E
Country Azerbaijan
RayonGoychay
Founded1916
Elevation
115 m (377 ft)
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total37,280
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5 (AZT)
Area code(s)+994 167
WebsiteOfficial website
Göyçay Mosque, built in 1903

As of December 2004 the urban population was 35,344[3]

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.[4]

Notable natives
  • Enver Mammadkhanli — writer, Honored Art Worker of Azerbaijan SSR.[5]
  • Mirza Khazar — prominent radio journalist, essayist, translator of the Bible in Azeri language.
  • Rasul Rza — writer, People's Poet of Azerbaijan (1960).[6]
  • Rauf Atakishiyev – singer, pianist, People's Artist of Azerbaijan (1967).
  • Sadykh bey Aghabekov — general in the Russian Imperial Army, founder and reformer of Azerbaijani Police, Major General, Orientalist.

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Tovuz is twinned with various cities.

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References
  1. World Gazetteer: Azerbaijan Archived 2011-06-22 at the Wayback Machine – World-Gazetteer.com
  2. "Belediyye Informasiya Sistemi" (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on September 24, 2008.
  3. Goychay Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Goychay Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Мамедханлы Энвер Гафар оглы". Great Soviet Encyclopedia.
  6. "Расул Рза". Great Soviet Encyclopedia.
  7. "Azerbaijan`s Goychay, Italy` Valmontone become sister cities". sia.az. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
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