Sumqayıt
Appearance
(Reguidit frae Sumqayit)
Sumgayit (Azerbaijani: Sumqayıt; Roushie: Сумгаит; an aa, Sumgait an Sumqayyt) is a ceety in Azerbaijan, locatit near the Caspian Sea, aboot 30 kilometres away frae the caipital, Baku. The ceety haes a population o 308,700 (2009 census), makin it the third-lairgest ceety in Azerbaijan efter the caipital Baku an Ganja. The ceety haes a territory o 83 km². It wis foondit on November 22, 1949. Twa settlements are athin the ceety admeenistration: Corat an a dounset named efter Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev. It is hame tae Sumqayit State University.
Internaitional relations
[eedit | eedit soorce]Twin touns — Brother ceeties
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Ludwigshafen, Germany[1]
- Bari, Italy
- Genoa, Italy
- Cherkasy, Ukraine
- Zhuzhou, Cheenae
- Ceyhan, Turkey
- Rustavi, Georgie
- Mogilev, Belaroushie
- Nevinnomyssk, Roushie[2]
- Piteşti, Romanie
- Aktau, Kazakhstan
- Linz, Austrick[3]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Interview with Michael Schmunk, Chargés d'Affaires of Germany in Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan International, Spring 1995 (3.2)
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- ↑ "Sumqayıt şəhər icra hakimiyyəti. Beynəlxalq Əlaqələr". Archived frae the original on 20 December 2010. Retrieved 29 December 2010. Unknown parameter
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