Masallı (city)
| Masallı | |||
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 Azerbaijan
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| Rayon : | Masallı | ||
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 2 ' N , 48 ° 40' E | ||
| Height : | 5 m | ||
| Residents : | 25,000 (2014) | ||
| Time zone : | AZT ( UTC + 4 ) | ||
| Telephone code : | (+994) 2521 | ||
| Postal code : | AZ4400 | ||
| License plate : | 44 | ||
| Community type: | City (şəhər) | ||
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Masallı (also Masalli, as well as Massally, Masally from Russian Масаллы ) is a city in Azerbaijan and the administrative seat of the Masallı district . In 2014 the city had about 25,000 inhabitants.
The city's economy is characterized by agriculture, and there are also some industrial companies. In the center, near the river, there is a Soviet-era palace of culture , in front of which there is a statue of the poet Nezāmi . The football club FK Masallı is based in the city .
Masallı is on the M3 highway that connects Baku with Lənkəran and the Iranian border.
The former village received urban-type settlement status on August 23, 1950 and town charter on January 20, 1960.
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)
- ↑ azerb.com about the city and the district
- ^ SA Melʹnikov, Č. G. Ibragimov: Azerbajdžanskaja SSR. Administrativno-territorial ʹ noe delenie na 1 janvarja 1977 goda . 4th edition. Baku 1979 (Russian, online [PDF; 1.5 MB ]).
Web links
Commons : Masallı - collection of images, videos and audio files
