Goychay (city)

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

Goychay
Göyçay
City & Municipality

Coat of arms
Goychay
Coordinates: 40°39′11″N 47°44′26″E / 40.65306°N 47.74056°E / 40.65306; 47.74056
Country  Azerbaijan
Rayon Goychay
Founded 1916
Elevation 115 m (377 ft)
Population (2010)[1]
 • Total 37,280
Time zone UTC+4 (AZT)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+5 (AZT)
Area code(s) +994 167
Website Official website

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]

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.

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. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
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