Əmircan, Baku

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Əmircan
Municipality
Əmircan
Coordinates: 40°25′35″N 49°59′01″E / 40.42639°N 49.98361°E / 40.42639; 49.98361Coordinates: 40°25′35″N 49°59′01″E / 40.42639°N 49.98361°E / 40.42639; 49.98361
Country  Azerbaijan
City Baku
Raion Suraxanı
Population (2008)[1]
 • Total 28,203
Time zone AZT (UTC+4)
 • Summer (DST) AZT (UTC+5)

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.

Notable natives

  • Abbasgulu Bakikhanov — historian and writer; founder of Azerbaijani scientific historiography.[2]
  • Sattar Bahlulzade — painter, People's Painter of Azerbaijan SSR (1964), is the founder of contemporary Azerbaijani landscape painting.[3]

References

  1. ↑ World Gazetteer: Azerbaijan – World-Gazetteer.com
  2. ↑ "Бакиханов Аббас-Кули-ага". Great Soviet Encyclopedia. 
  3. ↑ "Бахлулзаде Саттар Бахлул оглы". Great Soviet Encyclopedia. 
Capital: Baku
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