Qəbələ (city)
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 Azerbaijan
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| Rayon : | Qəbələ | ||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 59 ' N , 47 ° 51' E | ||
| Height : | 790 m | ||
| Residents : | 13,200 (2014) | ||
| Time zone : | AZT ( UTC + 4 ) | ||
| Telephone code : | (+994) 2420 | ||
| Postal code : | AZ3600 | ||
| License plate : | 36 | ||
| Community type: | City (şəhər) | ||
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Qəbəl ə (also Qäbälä , pronunciation about Gäbälä ; Russian Габала / Gabala or Габеля / Gabelja , until 1991 Куткашен / Kutkaschen ) is a city in the rayon of the same name in Azerbaijan . It has a population of around 13,200 (2014).
It is located in the Greater Caucasus , 220 kilometers northwest of Baku , near the Qaraçay and Qoçalançay rivers . Not far from the city, Russia operated the Qəbələ radar station until 2012 .
economy
The city's economy is based on the production of canned vegetables , tobacco and the drying of silkworms - cocoons .
Culture and recreation
The town has a museum dedicated to the history of the region, housed in a former mosque, which exhibits archaeological finds, including Greek coins from the time of Alexander the Great . There is also a Soviet-era cultural center in the city, decorated with a large mosaic, several old stone houses and the Rashidbek monument. There is also a park named after Heydar Aliyev in Qəbələ .
Around 20 kilometers from the city are the ruins of the historic city Çuxur Qəbələ from the 4th century BC, which were discovered in 1959. The city was the old capital of the ancient kingdom of Albania , before it had to be relocated to Partaw (then "Perozabad", Pers. Perozstadt) after the conquest of the Sassanid Empire, Peroz I. Even after that, ancient Gabala was still an episcopal city. The excavated fortifications probably date from the 5th – 6th centuries. Century AD A city wall with battlements , gates, watchtowers , houses, smelting furnaces and cemeteries were excavated on a 25 hectare site . Found artifacts prove trade relations to Europe , Asia and the Middle East.
traffic
The city is connected to the country's bus network.
Sports
Qəbələ is home to FK Qəbələ , a football club that plays in Premyer Liqası .
Web links
- City portrait of Qəbələ (English)
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)
- ↑ a b azerb.com about city and rayon
- ^ Marie-Louise Chaumont Albania in Encyclopædia Iranica (section: "Cities and fortifications of Sasanian Albania")