Göytəpə, Jalilabad

Göytəpə (also, Goytepe, Göytäpä, Prišib, Prishib, Prishibinsk,^[2] Prishibinskoe, and Prishibinskoye) — is a city and the most populous municipality, except for the capital Cəlilabad, in the Jalilabad Rayon of Azerbaijan.^{[citation needed]} It has a population of 15,500. Renamed in 1992, 'Göytəpə' in Azeri means "Blue Hill."

Göytəpə
Municipality
Göytəpə
Coordinates: 39°07′00″N 48°35′43″E
Country	Azerbaijan
Rayon	Jalilabad
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	15,500
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+5 (AZT)

Road sign at the entrance to Göytəpə

Notable natives

• Vugar Mursalov — National Hero of Azerbaijan.^[3]

Wildlife

The Caspian tiger used to be found in the Caucasus, before the end of the 20th century. In particular, an 'immense' tiger was killed in Prishibinsk, as Heptner and Sludskii (1972) called it, in 1899.^[2]

See also

• Trans-Caucasus

References

1. World Gazetteer: Azerbaijan^{[dead link‍]} – World-Gazetteer.com
2. Heptner, V. G.; Sludskij, A. A. (1992) [1972]. Mlekopitajuščie Sovetskogo Soiuza. Moskva: Vysšaia Škola [Mammals of the Soviet Union. Volume II, Part 2. Carnivora (Hyaenas and Cats)]. Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution and the National Science Foundation. pp. 1–732.
3. "Mursalov Vugar Mirazbar oglu". milliqahraman.az.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

• Göytəpə, Jalilabad at GEOnet Names Server