Əmircan (also, Amirabdzhan, Amiradzhan, Amiradzhany, Amircan, Amirdžan, Amirjan, and Amirdzhan) is a municipality in Baku, Azerbaijan.[citation needed] It has a population of 28,203.
Əmircan | |
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Municipality | |
 The parк named after Murtuza Muкhtarov in Amirjan | |
  Əmircan | |
| Coordinates: 40°25′35″N 49°59′01″E / 40.42639°N 49.98361°E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| City | Baku |
| Raion | Suraxanı |
| Population (2008)[1] | |
• Total | 28,203 |
| Time zone | UTC 4 (AZT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC 5 (AZT) |
In the 1886 official census 2283 ethnic tats were living here.[2]
Notable natives
edit- Abbasgulu Bakikhanov — historian and writer; founder of Azerbaijani scientific historiography.[3]
- Sattar Bahlulzade — painter, People's Painter of Azerbaijan SSR (1964), is the founder of contemporary Azerbaijani landscape painting.[4]
- Albert Agarunov - National Hero of Azerbaijan
- Murtuza Mukhtarov
- Zeynal Zeynalov (politician)
Monuments
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Amirjan Railway Station -
Bunyadlılar Mosque
References
edit- ^ World Gazetteer: Azerbaijan[dead link] – World-Gazetteer.com
- ^ Свод статистических данных о населении Закавказского края, извлеченных из посемейных списков 1886 г.
- ^ "Бакиханов Аббас-Кули-ага". Great Soviet Encyclopedia.
- ^ "Бахлулзаде Саттар Бахлул оглы". Great Soviet Encyclopedia.
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