Bərdə (city)
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| Rayon : | Bərdə | ||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 23 ' N , 47 ° 8' E | ||
| Height : | 80 m | ||
| Residents : | 38,900 (2014) | ||
| Time zone : | AZT ( UTC + 4 ) | ||
| Telephone code : | (+994) 2020 | ||
| Postal code : | AZ0900 | ||
| License plate : | 09 | ||
| Community type: | City (şəhər) | ||
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Bərdə is a city in Azerbaijan and the capital of the surrounding Bərdə Rayon . In 2014, around 38,900 people lived in the city on the Tərtər River .
history
Bərdə, Armenian Pʿartaw, was founded by the Shah of the Sassanid Empire Peroz I as Peroz-abad (Perozstadt), the name perhaps on the site of an older Armenian settlement, and was founded by Kavadh I under the name Peroz-kavadh ("Victorious Kavadh" Peroz means "the winner" in Middle Persian ) attached. In late antiquity and in the early Middle Ages, the city was, according to Kabala, the center of the state of Albania and the Albanian Christian Church. After the Arab invasion, the city lost its importance, but later became the capital of the state of Arrān . In 943 the city was briefly conquered by the Kievan Rus .
Culture and sport
In the city there is the tomb of Akhmed Zocheybana from the 14th century, built by Ahmad ibn Ayyub Nakhchivani. There is also the Imamzadeh Mosque and a cultural center with a museum.
The ABN Bərdə football club is based in the city .
traffic
The city has a train station and is connected to the Azerbaijani railway network.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population by sex, economic and administrative regions, urban settlements of the Republic of Azerbaijan at the beginning of the 2014 ( Memento from July 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on the website of the Azərbaycan Respublikasının Dövlət Statistika Komitəsi (State Statistics Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan)
- ^ Marie-Louise Chaumont: Albania. In: Encyclopædia Iranica (Section: Cities and fortifications of Sasanian Albania. )
- ↑ a b c azerb.com about city and rayon
- ^ Encyclopedia Iranica