Qala
Qala is a settlement and municipality in Khazar raion, Baku, Azerbaijan. As of 2020, it has a population of 5,232. Gala State Historical Ethnographic Reserve is located in Qala.
- 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.
Mǝrdǝkan
Town
Photo: Xlodvig, Public domain.Hövsan
Town
Hövsan is a municipality in the eastern part of Baku, Azerbaijan. Hövsan is situated 10 km southwest of Qala.
Qala
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Baku Region, Azerbaijan, Caucasus, Asia
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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
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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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”
- Persian: “قلعه”
- Russian: “Кала”
- South Azerbaijani: “قالا (خزر)”
- South Azerbaijani: “قالا”
- Swedish: “Qala”
- Turkish: “Kale”
- Ukrainian: “Кала”
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