Caucasus
Azerbaijan
Baku Region

Şağan

Şağan is a settlement and municipality in , . It has a population of 3,191. Shaghan Castle is located here.
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  • Type: Village with 4,300 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Azerbaijan
  • Also known as: “Sagan”, “Shagan”, “Shagany”, and “Shaghan”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Round Mardakan Fortress and Buzovna Juma Mosque.

Castle
Photo: Xlodvig, Public domain.
The or the Small Mardakan Castle is a historical and architectural monument located in the Mardakan settlement of the Khazar district in .

Mosque
Photo: Gulustan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , also known as the Ali ibn Abi Talib Mosque, is a mosque and a historical-architectural monument located in the settlement of the Khazar raion of . is situated 3 km northwest of Şağan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mǝrdǝkan.

Town
Photo: Xlodvig, Public domain.
Mardakan is a settlement and municipality in Khazar Rayon of , , located on the coast of the Caspian Sea, with a population of 32,084. It's positioned on the eastern , about 30 km away from downtown Baku, and just 10 km from , bounded by to the east, to the south, and Shagan to the west.

Şağan

Latitude
40.4933° or 40° 29′ 36″ north
Longitude
50.12795° or 50° 7′ 41″ east
Population
4,300
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
8HGGF4VH+85
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2896493406
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
585089
Wiki­data ID
Q8082442
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Urdu—“Şağan” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Շաղան (Բաքու)”
  • Armenian: “Շաղան”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şağan”
  • Cebuano: “Şağan”
  • Chechen: “ШагӀан”
  • Dutch: “Şağan”
  • Irish: “Şağan”
  • Persian: “شاگان”
  • Russian: “Шаган”
  • South Azerbaijani: “شاگان”
  • Swedish: “Şağan”
  • Ukrainian: “Шаґан”
  • Urdu: “سگاں”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Shaghan and Şağan San Siti \ Shagan Sun City.

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Highlights include Futbol \ Şağan and Köhnə Hamam \ Şağan.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Şağan”. Photo: Andrzej Wolinski, CC BY-SA 3.0.