Articles in Azerbaijan ( 2,093 )

2,093 Articles of interest in Azerbaijan

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  • Lerik District

    Lerik Rayon is a rayon located near the Iranian border in southern Azerbaijan, between the tall mountains of the Talysh Mountains and the agricultural plain of the Lankaran Lowland.

  • Lankaran City Stadium

    Lankaran City Stadium (Azerbaijani: Lənkəran şəhər stadionu) is a multi-use stadium in Lankaran, Azerbaijan. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FK Khazar Lankaran.

  • Vulf

    Vulf, or Volf , is an island also known as Dash Zira (Azeri: Daş Zirə) or Kichik Zira (Kiçik Zirə). The word "Zira" originated in the Arabic word "Jazīra", meaning "island". Vulf is tiny and uninhabited.

  • Ağstafa

    Aghstafa (Azerbaijani: Ağstafa) is a town and municipality in, and the capital of, the Agstafa Rayon of Azerbaijan.

  • Ağcabədi

    Ağcabədi (also, Aghjabedi and Aghjabadi) is a city in and the capital of the Aghjabadi Rayon of Azerbaijan. It's situated in the central part of Republic of Azerbaijan.

  • Askeran (town)

    Askeran (Armenian: Ասկերան, Azerbaijani: Əsgəran; also, Khachen) is a town in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and the administrative centre of the Askeran Province which is coextensive with Khojali Rayon of Azerbaijan.

  • Alley of Honor

    The Alley of Honor (Azerbaijani: Fəxri Xiyaban, Honorary Alley) is a public cemetery and memorial in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Alley includes burials of famed Azerbaijanis and Azerbaijan-affiliated expatriates, including several Presidents, scientists a…

  • Babek District

    Babek or Babak (Azerbaijani: Babək) is a rayon of Azerbaijan Republic in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. It surrounds but does not include Nakhchivan City and was formerly known as Nakhchivan.

  • Absheron National Park

    Absheron National Park (Azerbaijani: Abşeron Milli Parkı) — is a national park of Azerbaijan and was established on 8 February 2005 by the decree of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, on an area of 783 hectares (7.83 km2) in the administrativ…

  • Şərur

    Şərur (also spelt Sharur, formerly Bashnorashen, Norashen, formerly Iliich (Ильич) and Il'ichëvsk (Ильичёвск) (1966–1990) after Vladimir Ilyich Lenin) is a town and the most populous municipality in and capital of the Sharur Rayon in the Nakhchivan …

  • Zəngilan

    Zangilan (Armenian: Կովսական / Kovsakan) is a town which is de jure located in the Zangilan Rayon of Azerbaijan. Since the Nagorno-Karabakh War it has been administered as part of Kashatagh Province by the de facto independent Republic of Nagorno-Ka…

  • Sarsang Reservoir

    The Sarsang Reservoir is a large reservoir located de jure in Tartar District of Azerbaijan and de facto in Martakert Region of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, formed by a hydroelectric dam.

  • Qazakh District

    Gazakh (Azerbaijani: Qazax; also known as Kazakh or Qazakh) is a rayon of Azerbaijan. It has two exclaves inside Armenia, Yukhari Askipara and Barkhudarli, both of which came under Armenian control during the Nagorno-Karabakh War.

  • Martakert Region

    Martakert (Armenian: Մարտակերտ, Russian: Мартакерт) is a province of the de facto independent Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. Its territory is a de jure part of Azerbaijan, divided between the Tartar and Kelbajar rayons after Azerbaijan's abolition of th…

  • Lake Boyukshor

    Boyukshor (Azerbaijani: Böyük Şor gölü), also spelled separately Boyuk Shor (in translation refers to "Big Salty Waters") is the second largest lake of Azerbaijan and largest on Absheron Peninsula.

  • Khojavend (town)

    Khojavend (Azerbaijani: Xocavənd, named Martuni (Armenian: Մարտունի) by locals) is a town and the provincial capital of the Martuni Province of the de facto independent but unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. It is located approximately 41 kilom…

  • Goygol District

    Goygol (Azerbaijani: Göygöl) is a rayon (district) in northwestern Azerbaijan. Formerly known as Khanlar, the region was renamed "Goygol" after Lake Goygol, the famous blue lake, by the decision of the Parliament of Azerbaijan on April 25, 2008. The…

  • Goranboy (city)

    Goranboy (also, Geran’boy, Geranboi, Kasum-Ismailov, Kasum-Ismailovo, Kasum-Izmaylovo, and Qasym Ismayylov) is a city in and the capital of the Goranboy Rayon of Azerbaijan. The municipality consists of the city of Goranboy and the nearby villages o…

  • Davit Bek

    Davit Bek (Armenian: Դավիթ Բեկ; died 1728) was an Armenian military commander and one of the most prominent military figures of the Armenian liberation movement of the 18th century directed against the forces of Ottoman Empire and Safavid Iran. In 1…

  • Cəbrayil

    Cəbrayil (also spelt Cäbrayil, Jabrayil, Jebrayil, Jebrail, Jabrail, Jäbrayyl, Jebraiele, Djebrail, Dzhebrail, Džebrail), Armenian: Jrakan, is a city currently administrated by ethnic Armenian forces from Nagorno-Karabakh, and now is part of Hadrut …

  • Chilov

    Chilov (Azerbaijani: Çilov adası, also spelt Zhiloy and Jiloi) is an island off the Absheron Peninsula, 55 kilometres (34 mi) east of Baku.

  • Biləsuvar

    Bilasuvar (Azerbaijani: Biləsuvar; formerly, Pushkino and Pushkin) is a city in and the capital of Bilasuvar Rayon in Azerbaijan. The area's considerable agricultural potential depends on irrigation.

  • Beylagan (city)

    Beylagan (also, Beyləqan, Beyläqan, Bejlagan, Beilagan, Jdanov, Zhdanov, Ždanovsk, and Zhdanovsk) is the capital city of Beylagan rayon of Azerbaijan. During the Soviet era, it was renamed Zhdanov (Жданов) after Stalinist politician Andrei Zhdanov. …

  • Agdash District

    Agdash (Azerbaijani: Ağdaş) is a rayon in central Azerbaijan. Agdash rayon consists of Leki settlement and 72 villages. This rayon has a favorable economic and geographic location. Turyan River and Kura River along South-West border extend through t…

  • 2000 Baku earthquake

    The 2000 Baku earthquake occurred on Saturday, November 25, 2000 at 22:10 (18:10 GMT) local time, measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale in the epicentre with 6.3 in Baku, Azerbaijan, and three minutes later followed by a quake measuring 5.9. It was the…