Mingacevir City
Mingachevir is the fourth largest city in Azerbaijan with a population of about 106,000. It is often called the "city of lights" because of its hydroelectric power station on the Kura River, which divides the city down the middle.Places of Interest
Highlights include Azerbaijan Thermal Power Plant and Mingachevir Dam.
Azerbaijan Thermal Power Plant
Power station
Azerbaijan Thermal Power Plant is an oil-fired power plant consisting of 8 units, each with 300 MW generation capacity, at Mingachevir, in central Azerbaijan.
Mingachevir Dam
Power station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Mingachevir Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Kura River just north of Mingachevir in Azerbaijan. It serves several purposes, including hydroelectric power production and water storage for irrigation.
Mingacevir City
- Also known as: “Mingacevir Sahari”, “Mingǝcevir”, and “Mingəcevir Şəhəri”
- Location: Azerbaijan, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
40.7667° or 40° 46′ northLongitude
47° eastPopulation
103,000Elevation
40 metres (131 feet)Open location code
8HG9Q282+M2GeoNames ID
828299
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Uzbek—“Mingacevir City” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ሚንጋቼቪር ከተማ”
- Arabic: “مدينة مينغاشوير”
- Arabic: “مينغاشوير”
- Azerbaijani: “Mingəçevir şəhəri”
- Bengali: “মিঙ্গাচেভির শহর”
- French: “Ville de Mingacevir”
- German: “Stadt Mingacevir”
- Hausa: “Mingacevir City”
- Japanese: “ミンガチェヴィル市”
- Javanese: “Kota Mingacevir”
- Kazakh: “Mingacevir City”
- Kirghiz: “Mingacevir City”
- Malay: “Bandar Mingacevir”
- Oromo: “Mingacevir City”
- Panjabi: “ਮਿੰਗਾਚੇਵਿਰ ਸ਼ਹਿਰ”
- Persian: “شهر مینگاچئویر”
- Portuguese: “Cidade de Mingacevir”
- Pushto: “مینګاچويري ښار”
- Somali: “Mingacevir City”
- Spanish: “Ciudad de Mingacevir”
- Swahili: “Mingacevir City”
- Tajik: “Шахри Mingacevir”
- Tatar: “Mingəçevir şəhəri”
- Uzbek: “Mingacevir City”
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