Goychay (city)
Goychay (also, Göyçay, Gekchai, Geokchai, Geokchay, Geoktschai, Geokčaj, Geychay, and Göychay) is a city and municipality in and the capital of the Goychay Rayon of Azerbaijan. The municipality includes the city of Goychay and the nearby village of Qızılqaya.[2]
As of December 2004 the urban population was 35,344[3]
Concerted settlement dates back to the late 1850s following the devastating 1859 earthquake in Shemakha, though the town was only officially incorporated as such in 1916.[4]
Notable natives
- Enver Mammadkhanli — writer, Honored Art Worker of Azerbaijan SSR.[5]
- Mirza Khazar — prominent radio journalist, essayist, translator of the Bible in Azeri language.
- Rasul Rza — writer, People's Poet of Azerbaijan (1960).[6]
- Sadykh bey Aghabekov — general in the Russian Imperial Army, founder and reformer of Azerbaijani Police, Major General, Orientalist.
External resources
Map of Goychay [1]
References
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Capital: Goychay
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