Ramana (Azerbaijan)

Ramana
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State :	Azerbaijan
City with rayon status:	Baku
District:	Sabunçu
Coordinates :	40 ° 27 '  N , 49 ° 59'  E Coordinates: 40 ° 27 '30 "  N , 49 ° 59' 0"  E
Height :	50  m
Residents :	12,400 (2014)
Time zone :	AZT ( UTC + 4 )
Telephone code :	(+994) 12
Postal code :	AZ1037
License plate :	10, 90
Community type:	Settlement (qəsəbə)
Ramana

Ramana oil fields

Ramana is a settlement (qəsəbə) on the Abşeron Peninsula in Azerbaijan . It belongs to the Sabunçu district of the capital Baku . The place had about 12,400 inhabitants in 2014.

The place may have been founded by the Roman army under Lucius Julius Maximus , Legio XII Fulminata , between AD 84 and 96. Ramana is home to the Ramana Castle and a mosque from 1323.

In May 2007 a new district was completed, in which mainly refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh live.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ашурбейли Сара. История города Баку: период средневековья. Баку, Азернешр, 1992; Page 31
2. ↑ President Aliyev attends opening of new district for IDPs in today.az, May 4, 2007

Web links

• Ramana in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (Russian)