Goychay (city)

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Coordinates: 40°39′11″N 47°44′26″E / 40.65306°N 47.74056°E / 40.65306; 47.74056

Goychay
Göyçay
City & Municipality
Göyçay Mosque, built in 1903
Göyçay Mosque, built in 1903
Goychay is located in Azerbaijan
Goychay
Goychay
Coordinates: 40°39′11″N 47°44′26″E / 40.65306°N 47.74056°E / 40.65306; 47.74056
Country Azerbaijan
DistrictGoychay
Founded1916
Elevation
115 m (377 ft)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total42,500
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5 (AZT)
Area code(s)+994 167
WebsiteOfficial website

Goychay (Azerbaijani: Göyçay, Russian: Геокчай) is a city, municipality and the capital of the Goychay District of Azerbaijan. The municipality includes the city of Goychay and the nearby village of Qızılqaya.[2]

As of December 2016 the urban population of Goychay was estimated at 42,500, an increase of around 20% since 2004 when the population was recorded as being 35,344.[3]

History[]

The 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] During the Soviet era, the city was often known by its Russian pronunciation as Geokchay.

On 2nd June 2018 the main bridge carrying the M4 highway across the Goychay River near the city's Olympic Centre was washed away, leading to criminal accusations against several business leaders associated with its construction.[5]

Notable natives[]

  • Enver Mammadkhanli — writer, Honored Art Worker of Azerbaijan SSR.[6]
  • Mirza Khazar — prominent radio journalist, essayist, translator of the Bible in Azeri language.
  • Rasul Rza — writer, People's Poet of Azerbaijan (1960).[7]
  • 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.

Twin towns – sister cities[]

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Azerbaijan

Goychay is twinned with:

References[]

  1. ^ World Gazetteer: Azerbaijan[dead link] – 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. ^ Report including video footage of the 2018 bridge collapse
  6. ^ "Мамедханлы Энвер Гафар оглы". Great Soviet Encyclopedia.
  7. ^ "Расул Рза". Great Soviet Encyclopedia.
  8. ^ "Межрегиональное сотрудничество". lida.by (in Russian). Lida. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
  9. ^ "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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