Sumqayıt

Sumgayit (; ; an aa, Sumgait an Sumqayyt) is a ceety in Azerbaijan, locatit near the Caspian Sea, aboot 30 kilometres away frae the caipital, Baku. The ceety haes a population o 308,700 (2009 census), makin it the third-lairgest ceety in Azerbaijan efter the caipital Baku an Ganja. The ceety haes a territory o 83 km². It wis foondit on November 22, 1949. Twa settlements are athin the ceety admeenistration: Corat an a dounset named efter Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev. It is hame tae Sumqayit State University.

Internaitional relations

Twin touns — Brother ceeties
  Ludwigshafen, GermanyInterview with Michael Schmunk, Chargés d'Affaires of Germany in Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan International, Spring 1995 (3.2)
  Bari, Italy
  Genoa, Italy
  Cherkasy, Ukraine
  Zhuzhou, Cheenae
  Ceyhan, Turkey
  Rustavi, Georgie
  Mogilev, Belaroushie
  Nevinnomyssk, Roushie
  Piteşti, Romanie
  Aktau, Kazakhstan
  Linz, Austrick

References

Freemit airtins

Category:Populatit places in Azerbaijan
Category:Destricts o Azerbaijan

Category:Ceeties an touns biggit in the Soviet Union
Category:Populatit places on the Caspian Sea