Caucasus
Azerbaijan
Baku Region

Qala

Qala is a settlement and municipality in Khazar raion, , . It has a population of 2,857. Gala State Historical Ethnographic Reserve is located in Qala.
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  • Type: Village with 2,900 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Azerbaijan
  • Also known as: “Kala”, “Kala-Machtagi”, and “Qala, Azerbaijan”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mǝrdǝkan and Hövsan.

Town
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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, Qala to the south, and to the west. is situated 6 km north of Qala.

Town
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is a municipality in the eastern part of , . It has a population of 85,000. is situated 10 km southwest of Qala.

Qala

Latitude
40.44413° or 40° 26′ 39″ north
Longitude
50.16318° or 50° 9′ 47″ east
Population
2,900
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
Open location code
8HGGC5V7+M7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1878169917
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
586289
Wiki­data ID
Q4026864
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Qala” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Qala”
  • Cebuano: “Qala”
  • Chechen: “Кала (Азербайджан)”
  • Chechen: “Кала”
  • Chinese: “卡拉”
  • Dutch: “Qala”
  • French: “Gala”
  • Greek: “Κάλα”
  • Irish: “Qala”
  • Persian: “قلعه، باکو”
  • Russian: “Кала”
  • South Azerbaijani: “قالا (خزر)”
  • South Azerbaijani: “قالا”
  • Swedish: “Qala”
  • Ukrainian: “Кала”

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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 “Qala”. Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0.