Sumqayıt

Sumgayit (Azerbaijani: Sumqayıt; Roushie: Сумгаит; an aa, Sumgait an Sumqayyt) is a ceety in Azerbaijan, locatit near the Caspian Sea, aboot 30 kilometres away frae the caipital, Baku. The ceety haes a population o 308,700 (2009 census), makin it the third-lairgest ceety in Azerbaijan efter the caipital Baku an Ganja. The ceety haes a territory o 83 km². It wis foondit on November 22, 1949. Twa settlements are athin the ceety admeenistration: Corat an a dounset named efter Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev. It is hame tae Sumqayit State University.

Internaitional relations

Twin touns — Brother ceeties

• Ludwigshafen, Germany^[1]
• Bari, Italy
• Genoa, Italy
• Cherkasy, Ukraine
• Zhuzhou, Cheenae
• Ceyhan, Turkey
• Rustavi, Georgie
• Mogilev, Belaroushie
• Nevinnomyssk, Roushie^[2]
• Piteşti, Romanie
• Aktau, Kazakhstan
• Linz, Austrick^[3]

References

1. Interview with Michael Schmunk, Chargés d'Affaires of Germany in Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan International, Spring 1995 (3.2)
3. "Sumqayıt şəhər icra hakimiyyəti. Beynəlxalq Əlaqələr". Archived frae the original on 20 December 2010. Retrieved 29 December 2010. Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (help)

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