Bankə

Bankə
Municipality
Bankə
Coordinates: 39°25′12″N 49°14′51″E / 39.42000°N 49.24750°E / 39.42000; 49.24750Coordinates: 39°25′12″N 49°14′51″E / 39.42000°N 49.24750°E / 39.42000; 49.24750
Country  Azerbaijan
Rayon Neftchala
Population (2008)[1]
 • Total 7,574
Time zone UTC+4 (AZT)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+5 (AZT)

Bankə (also, Bank, Banka, Bankov, Imeni Kirova and Rybokombinat Imeni Kirova) is a village and the most populous municipality, except for the capital Neftçala, in the Neftchala Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 7,574.

Etymology

The city's name comes from Azerbaijani version of fishing bank.[2]

References

  1. ↑ World Gazetteer: Azerbaijan Archived June 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. – World-Gazetteer.com
  2. ↑ "QARA KÜRÜ 17-ci ƏSRƏDƏK KASIB YEMƏYİ OLUB". musavat.com (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  • Bankə at GEOnet Names Server
  • Gülər Abbasova (2016-12-08). "Tarixi Bankə - balıqçılıqdan kasıbçılığa" (in Azerbaijani). bbc.com. Archived from the original on 2016-12-08. Retrieved 2016-12-08.


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