Gürgan

Coordinates: 40°24′06″N 50°19′46″E / 40.40167°N 50.32944°E / 40.40167; 50.32944

Gürgan
Gürgan
Coordinates: 40°24′06″N 50°19′46″E / 40.40167°N 50.32944°E / 40.40167; 50.32944
Country  Azerbaijan
City Baku
Raion Əzizbəyov
Municipality Gürgən-Pirallahı
Population (2008)[1]
 • Total 726
Time zone AZT (UTC+4)
 • Summer (DST) AZT (UTC+5)
Absheron Lighthouse
Abşeron

Absheron Lighthouse pictured on the stamp
Azerbaijan
Location Gürgan
Azerbaijan
Coordinates 40°24′25.0″N 50°19′30.4″E / 40.406944°N 50.325111°E / 40.406944; 50.325111
Year first constructed 1860
Foundation mansory base
Construction mansory tower
Tower shape cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern unpainted tower
Height 22 metres (72 ft)
Focal height 101 metres (331 ft)
Characteristic Oc W 6s.
ARLHS number AZE-006[2]

Gürgan (also, Gürgən and Gyurgyan) is a village in Baku, Azerbaijan. It forms part of the municipality of Gürgən-Pirallahı.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ World Gazetteer: Azerbaijan – World-Gazetteer.com
  2. ↑ "Azerbaijan". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "Belediyye Informasiya Sistemi" (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on September 24, 2008.


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