Cəbrayil

Coordinates: 39°24′00″N 47°01′34″E / 39.40000°N 47.02611°E / 39.40000; 47.02611

Cəbrayil
Jrakan
City & Municipality
Cəbrayil
Coordinates: 39°24′00″N 47°01′34″E / 39.40000°N 47.02611°E / 39.40000; 47.02611
Country De jure Azerbaijan
De facto Nagorno-Karabakh
Rayon Jabrayil
Established 1980
Elevation 569 m (1,867 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 9,400
Time zone AMT (UTC+4)
 • Summer (DST) AMT (UTC+5)

Cəbrayil (also spelt Cäbrayil, Jabrayil, Jebrayil, Jebrail, Jabrail, Jäbrayyl, Jebraiele, Djebrail, Dzhebrail, Džebrail), Armenian: Jrakan, is a city currently administrated by ethnic Armenian forces from Nagorno-Karabakh since 25 August 1993, and now is part of Hadrut province of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. It was the capital of the Jabrayil Rayon of Azerbaijan.

History

According to the Russian Empire Census in 1897 Cəbrayil was a village with a population of 520, of which 414 were Azerbaijanis, 76 were Russians, and others.[1]

Notable natives

References

  1. ↑ Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской Империи, 1897 г. т.63 Елисаветопольская губерния. Н.А.Тройницкий, С.-Петербург, 1904. стр. 138
  2. ↑ "Ахмедов Джамил Мамед оглы". Heroes of the country.
  3. ↑ "Кулиев Теймур Имам Кули оглы". Справочник по истории Коммунистической партии и Советского Союза 1898 - 1991.


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