Salyan (city)
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| Rayon : | Salyan | ||
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 36 ' N , 48 ° 59' E | ||
| Height : | 22 m below sea level | ||
| Residents : | 37,200 (2014) | ||
| Time zone : | AZT ( UTC + 4 ) | ||
| Telephone code : | (+994) 2125 | ||
| Postal code : | AZ5200 | ||
| License plate : | 52 | ||
| Community type: | City (şəhər) | ||
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Salyan is a city in Azerbaijan . It is the capital of the Salyan District . In 2014 about 37,200 inhabitants lived in the city.
geography
Salyan is located on the Kura River , mostly on the right bank and almost 40 km above its mouth in the Caspian Sea .
history
The city was the capital of the Salyan Khanate from 1729 to 1789 , which later became part of the Quba Khanate . From 1806 it belonged to the Russian Empire . In Salyan there was a prisoner of war camp 442 for German prisoners of war of the Second World War .
Economy and Transport
The city is located on the Azerbaijani trunk road M3 and is connected to the country's rail network.
Culture
There is a historical museum.
swell
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ Maschke, Erich (ed.): On the history of the German prisoners of war of the Second World War. Verlag Ernst and Werner Gieseking, Bielefeld 1962–1977.
- ↑ azerb.com about city and rayon
Web links
Commons : Salyan - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
