Xırdalan

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Xırdalan
coat of arms
coat of arms
State : AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Azerbaijan
Founded : 2006
Coordinates : 40 ° 27 '  N , 49 ° 45'  E Coordinates: 40 ° 27 '22 "  N , 49 ° 44' 45"  E
Height : 50  m
Area : 47 km²  km²
 
Residents : 95,200 (2014)
Time zone : AZT ( UTC + 4 )
Telephone code : (+994) 12
Postal code : AZAZ 0100
 
Community type: City (şəhər)
Xırdalan (Azerbaijan)
Xırdalan
Xırdalan

Xırdalan (also Khyrdalan , Khurdalan or Xirdalan ) is the capital of the Abşeron Rayon in Azerbaijan . It has about 95,200 inhabitants (2014).

The settlement received city status on November 29, 2006 after approval by the National Assembly of the Republic of Azerbaijan .

Xırdalan is home to the largest brewery in the country, Baltika Baku , which was formerly known as Xırdalan . In 2007 a monument was erected in the city for the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak . After the revolution in Egypt in 2011 , the Azerbaijani opposition, led by the Musavat party, called for the statue to be demolished and called it a "worship of idols".

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Azərbaycan
  2. ↑ Khirdalan settlement receives a city status
  3. ↑ Manufacture - Baltika-Baku ( Memento from June 17, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Азербайджанская оппозиция ополчилась на памятник Мубараку близ Баку . "Лента.Ру". January 31, 2011.