Jalilabad ( Azerb. Cəlilabad ) is the city and administrative center of the Jalilabad region of Azerbaijan. Located in the north of the Lenkoran lowland, 12 km west of the railway station Novogolovka.
| City | |||
| Jalilabad | |||
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| Azerb. Cəlilabad | |||
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| A country |  Azerbaijan | ||
| Area | Jalilabad | ||
| History and geography | |||
| Former names | Hasylly, Astrakhanka [1] , Astrakhan-Bazar ( until 1967 ) | ||
| City with | 1952 | ||
| Center height | |||
| Timezone | UTC + 4 | ||
| Population | |||
| Population | 43.3 thousand people ( 2012 ) | ||
| Nationalities | Azerbaijanis, Talysh | ||
| Denominations | Shia Muslims | ||
| Official language | Azerbaijani | ||
| Digital identifiers | |||
| Telephone code | +994 25 | ||
| Postcode | AZ1500 | ||
| Car code | 15 | ||
| celilabad-ih.gov.az (azerb.) | |||
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History
Originally, the settlement was called Hasylly, which is a generic name (from the personal name of Hasil - Persian fruit, benefit and suffix -ly (li) of the clan unit). Later, the village Hasylly received the name Astrakhan-Bazar [2] . In 1967, the city was renamed to Jalilabad , in honor of the Azerbaijani writer Jalil Mammadguluzadeh .
On December 29, 1989, in Jalilabad, the Popular Front activists seized the building of the city committee of the party, while dozens of people were injured [3] .
since 1992 with. Darylig is part of Jalilabad
Population
According to the census of 1959, 6076 people lived in Astrakhan Bazar [4] . According to the 1979 census of the city in Jalilabad, there were 19,962 people [5] , in 1989 the population increased to 25,846 people [6] .
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Economy
In the city are butter and wine-making plants.
Photo Gallery
Center of Jalilabad
Shahid Square in Jalilabad
Inside the Shahid Square in Jalilabad
Jalilabad preventive diagnostic center
See also
- Jalal-Abad is a city in Kyrgyzstan.
- Jalalabad is a city in Afghanistan.
Notes
- ↑ Military topographic five-verst map of the Caucasus region in 1926
- ↑ Pospelov EM. Names of cities: yesterday and today (1917 - 1992): Toponymic dictionary. - M .: Russian dictionaries, 1993. - p. 153-154.
- ↑ Tom de Waal . Chapter 6. 1988-1990 Azerbaijani tragedy (Rus.) , BBC Russian Service (July 8, 2005).
- ↑ All-Union Population Census of 1959. The urban population of the Union republics (except for the RSFSR), their territorial units, urban settlements and urban areas by sex , Demoscope Weekly.
- ↑ All-Union census of 1979. The urban population of the Union republics (except for the RSFSR), their territorial units, urban settlements and urban areas by sex , Demoscope Weekly.
- ↑ Demoscope Weekly - Electronic version of the Bulletin Population and Society. All-Union census of 1989 . Institute of Demography of the State University - Higher School of Economics. - The urban population of the Union republics, their territorial units, urban settlements and urban areas by sex. The appeal date is September 22, 2010. Archived February 4, 2012.
- ↑ USSR Population Census (1959)
- ↑ USSR Population Census (1970)
- ↑ USSR Population Census (1979)
- ↑ USSR Population Census (1989)