Quba (city)

Quba

coat of arms

State :

Azerbaijan

Rayon :

Quba

Coordinates :

41 ° 22 ' N , 48 ° 32' E Coordinates: 41 ° 22 '0 " N , 48 ° 31' 30" E

Height :

580 m

Residents :

24,000 (2014)

Time zone :

AZT ( UTC + 4 )

Telephone code :

(+994) 2333

Postal code :

AZ4000

License plate :

40

Community type:

City (şəhər)

Quba

Quba , and Guba ( Lezgian Къуба / Cuba , Judeo - Tat Гъуьбэ / קאובּא / Qybə ), is a city in Azerbaijan . It is the capital of the district of the same name . The city is located at an altitude of about 600 m on the banks of the Kudyal River . In 2014 the population of the city was 24,000.

history

Quba originated from the village of Kudyal, which became the capital of the Quba Khanate in the early 18th century . This was one of the most powerful khanates in northern Azerbaijan. The khanate was annexed by Russia in 1806 .

1918 Quba venue was a massacre of Armenian fighters of the Dashnaktsutiun , who acted as representatives of the newly established Soviet power, at the Azerbaijani population. About 4,000 people were killed.

Culture

Central street in the city

Tengialty Fortress from the 16th century is located in the city. Quba also has a large, octagonal Friday Mosque, the Sakine Khanum Mosque and the Ardabil Mosque. There is also an old bathroom topped by two domes. The thinker Abbasgulu Bakhihanov used to live in the city's historical museum. There is also an old cemetery, a cinema and a park in the city.

The city has a university.

Economy and Transport

Carpets are produced in Quba. From Quba, on the M1 trunk road , there is a bus connection to Baku .

Personalities

Mir Jafar Bagirov (1896–1956), politician
Fərhad Vəliyev (* 1980), football goalkeeper

Web links

Commons : Quba - collection of images, videos and audio files

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↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d azerb.com about city and rayon
↑ 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)
↑ Rüdiger Kipke : The Armenian-Azerbaijani Relationship and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. VS Verlag, Wiesbaden 2012. ISBN 978-3-531-18484-5 , pp. 23-24.

[azerb-1] zerb.com about city and rayon

[2] 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)

[3] Rüdiger Kipke : The Armenian-Azerbaijani Relationship and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. VS Verlag, Wiesbaden 2012. ISBN 978-3-531-18484-5 , pp. 23-24.