Shaki, Azerbaijan

Shaki (Azerbaijani: Şəki; til 1968 kent as Nukha, Nuxa; wis forbye kent as, Nucha, Noukha, Shäki, an Sheki) is a ceety in northwastren Azerbaijan, in the rayon o the same name. Shaki is situatit in northren Azerbaijan on the soothren pairt o the Greater Caucasus muntain range, 325 km (202 mi) frae Baku. The population o Shaki is 63,000. Etymology Accordin tae the Azerbaijani historians, the name o the toun gaes back tae the ethnonym o the Sakas, wha reakit the territory o modren day Azerbaijan in the 7t century B.C. an populatit it for several centuries. In the medieval sources, the name o the toun is foond in various forms such as Sheke, Sheki, Shaka, Shakki, Shakne, Shaken, Shakkan, Shekin. Geography an climate Shaki is surroondit bi snawy peaks o the Greater Caucasus, in some places reachin 3000–3600 m. Shaki's climate includes a range o cyclones an anticyclones, air masses an local winds. The average annual temperatur in Sheki is 12 °C. In Juin an August, average temperatur varies atween 20 an 25 °C. The muntain forests aroond the aurie prevent the ceety frae floods an owerheatin o the aurie in simmer. The main rivers o the ceety are the Kish an Gurjhana. Throu the Soviet rule o Azerbaijan, mony ascendit tae Shaki tae bathe in its prestigious mineral springs. Internaitional relations Twin touns — Sister ceeties Gabrovo, Bulgarie Slutsk, Belaroushie Giresun, Turkey Zhmerynka, Ukraine Lapseki, Turkey References Freemit airtins Travel guide tae Shaki frae Wikivoyage Shaki (as Şəki) at GEOnet Names Server Azerbaijan Development Gateway - Sheki Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine