Masallı (city)
Masallı | ||
State : | Azerbaijan | |
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