Shamakhi District

Shamakhi District is one of the 66 districts of . It is located in the east of the country and belongs to the .
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  • Type: district of Azerbaijan with 106,000 residents
  • Description: district of Azerbaijan
  • Also known as: Şamaxı Rayonu”, “Shamakhy Rayonu”, and “Shemakhinskiy Rayon

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shamakhi.

is a city in and the administrative centre of the District. The city's estimated population as of 2010 was 31,704. It is famous for its traditional dancers, the Dancers, and also for perhaps giving its name to the Soumak rugs.

Shamakhi District

Latitude
40.5833° or 40° 35′ north
Longitude
48.6667° or 48° 40′ east
Population
106,000
Elevation
535 metres (1,755 feet)
Open location code
8HGCHMM8+8M
Geo­Names ID
585030
Wiki­data ID
Q330839
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Shamakhi District” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Shamakhi
  • Arabic: مقاطعة شاماخي
  • Arabic: مقاطعة شماخى
  • Armenian: Շամախիի շրջան
  • Azerbaijani: Şamaxı rayonu
  • Azerbaijani: Şamaxı
  • Belarusian: Шэмахінскі раён
  • Breton: Şamaxı
  • Catalan: Districte de Şamaxı
  • Catalan: Districte de Shamakhi
  • Catalan: Şamaxı
  • Cebuano: Shamakhi Rayon
  • Chechen: Шамахин кӀошт
  • Chinese: 沙馬基區
  • Chinese: 沙马基区
  • Crimean Tatar: Şamakhi (rayon)
  • Crimean Tatar: Şamakhi
  • Croatian: Šemahinski rajon
  • Czech: Šamachi
  • Czech: Şamaxı
  • Czech: Šemaka
  • Dutch: Şamaxı
  • Finnish: Şamaxın piirikunta
  • French: Şamaxı
  • French: Shamakhi
  • Georgian: შემახის რაიონი
  • German: AZ-SMI
  • German: Şamaxı
  • Hungarian: Şamaxı járás
  • Ido: Distrikto Şamaxı
  • Indonesian: Samaxi
  • Indonesian: Shamakhi
  • Indonesian: Shemakha
  • Italian: distretto di Şamaxı
  • Italian: Distretto di Şamaxı
  • Japanese: シャマヒ県
  • Japanese: シャマフ
  • Japanese: シャマフ県
  • Korean: 샤마흐구
  • Macedonian: Шамахи
  • Malay: Daerah Shamakhi
  • Malay: Shamakhi
  • Minangkabau: Shamakhi
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Şamaxı
  • Norwegian: Şamaxı
  • Ossetian: Шемахыйы район
  • Persian: بخش شماخی
  • Persian: رایون شماخی
  • Persian: شاماخی
  • Persian: شماخی
  • Persian: شهرستان شماخی
  • Polish: Rejon Şamaxı
  • Polish: Rejon Shamakhi
  • Polish: Rejon Szemacha
  • Portuguese: Shamakhi
  • Russian: Шемахинский район
  • Serbian: Шемахински рејон
  • Sinhala: ෂමාඛි දිස්ත්‍රික්කය, අසර්බයිජානය
  • Slovenian: AZ-SMI
  • Slovenian: Šamahinski rajon
  • South Azerbaijani: شاماخی رایونو
  • Spanish: Raión de Shamaji
  • Spanish: Şamaxı
  • Spanish: Shamaka
  • Spanish: Shamakha
  • Spanish: Shamakhi
  • Spanish: Shemaka
  • Sundanese: Rayon Shamakhi
  • Swedish: Şamaxı
  • Tagalog: Distrito ng Shamakhi
  • Tajik: Ноҳияи Шамахӣ
  • Tajik: Ноҳияи Шамохӣ
  • Turkish: Şamahı Rayonu
  • Turkish: Şamahı
  • Ukrainian: Шамахинський район
  • Ukrainian: Шамахінський район
  • Ukrainian: Шемахинський район
  • Ukrainian: Шемахінський район
  • Urdu: ضلع شماخی
  • Vietnamese: Shamakhy
  • Waray (Philippines): Shamakhi Rayon
  • Western Panjabi: ضلع شاماخی

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