Ganja

Ganja is a city in the of northwestern . As a historic city, Ganja was the seat of the Atabegs, and later, its khanate under Persian suzerainty.
  • City with about 329,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 410 metres (1,340 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code KVD
  • …was formerly known as “Abbasabad”
  • Description: city in Azerbaijan
  • Also known as
    “Elisabethpol”
    “Elizavetpol’”
    “Ganca”
    “Gandza”
    “Gandzak”
    “Gandzhe”
    “Ganja, Azerbaijan”
    “Gendzakh”
    “Gǝncǝ”
    “Kirovabad”
    “Yelizavetpol’”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Juma Mosque, Ganja and Alexander Nevski Church.
The Juma Mosque of Ganja or Friday Mosque of Ganja…
The Alexander Nevsky Church is a Russian Orthodox church in Ganja, built in 1887.
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Latitude
40.6798° or 40° 40′ 47″ north
Longitude
46.3597° or 46° 21′ 35″ east
UN/LOCODE
AZ GAN, AZ KBD, and AZ KVD
Open location code
8HG8M9H5+WV
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Ganja” goes by many names.
GanjaAlbanian
GanxhaAlbanian
ጋንጃAmharic
جانجاArabic
غنجةArabic
كنجهArabic
گنجهArabic
Աբբասապատ (historical)Armenian
ԳանձակArmenian
ԳյանջաArmenian
Ելիզավետպոլ (historical)Armenian
Կիրովաբադ (historical)Armenian
GəncəAymara
GəncəAzerbaijani
KirovabadAzerbaijani
YelizavetpolAzerbaijani
ГәнжәBashkir
GəncəBasque
ГянджаBelarusian
গাঞ্জাBengali
Ganja, AsèrbaijanBetawi
ГанджаBulgarian
ГънджъBulgarian
ElisabethpolCatalan
ElisabetpolCatalan
ElizavetpolCatalan
GancaCatalan
GandjaCatalan
GandzhaCatalan
GanjaCatalan
GəncəCatalan
KirovabadCatalan
Takht-i-SulaymanCatalan
GanjaCebuano
گەنجەCentral Kurdish
ГаьнджаьChechen
ГянджаChechen
占賈Chinese
占贾Chinese
基洛夫堡Chinese
甘芝Chinese
甘贾Chinese
甘贾市Chinese
GânceCrimean Tatar
GenceCrimean Tatar
GäncäCroatian
GandžaCroatian
GəncəCroatian
GäncäCzech
GandžaCzech
GəncəCzech
GjandžaCzech
JelizavetpoľCzech
KirovabadCzech
ElisavetpolDanish
GandjaDanish
KirovabadDanish
GäncäDutch
GandjaDutch
GandzjaDutch
GəncəDutch
JelisavetpolDutch
ГянджаEastern Mari
جنجاEgyptian Arabic
GanĝaEsperanto
GanĝoEsperanto
GäncäEstonian
GəncəEstonian
JelizavetpolEstonian
KirovabadEstonian
GäncäFinnish
GandžaFinnish
GandzhaFinnish
GäntsaFinnish
GəncəFinnish
GjandžaFinnish
GjandzhaFinnish
JelizavetpolFinnish
KirovabadFinnish
GäncäGagauz
GəncəGalician
განძაGeorgian
განჯაGeorgian
ელიზავეტპოლიGeorgian
კიროვაბადიGeorgian
ΓκαντζάGreek
ગંજાGujarati
GanjaHausa
גאנג’הHebrew
גיינדג’הHebrew
גנג’הHebrew
गांजाHindi
GəncəHungarian
GäncäIdo
KirovabadIdo
GanjaIndonesian
Ganja, AzerbaijanIndonesian
GəncəIndonesian
GanjaIrish
Elizavetpol‘Italian
GäncäItalian
GangiàItalian
GanjaItalian
GanjehItalian
GəncəItalian
GjandžaItalian
GjandzhaItalian
GyandzhaItalian
KirovabadItalian
エリザヴェートポリJapanese
ギャンジャJapanese
キロヴァバードJapanese
キロババードJapanese
ゲンジェJapanese
GanjaJavanese
ಗಂಜKannada
GenjeKara-Kalpak
GanjaKarekare
GänjäKazakh
ГәнжәKazakh
گانجاKazakh
ГанжаKirghiz
간자Korean
갠재Korean
갼자Korean
GenceKurdish
GangiaLatin
GendžeLatvian
ГенжеLezghian
ГъанцӀахLezghian
GandžaLithuanian
GenceLithuanian
GendžėLithuanian
GiandžaLithuanian
JelizavetpolisLithuanian
KirovabadasLithuanian
GanjaMalay
Ganja, AzerbaijanMalay
गणजाMarathi
گنجهMazanderani
Ganja, AzerbaijanMinangkabau
განჯაMingrelian
ГянжаMongolian
GanjaNorwegian
GanjaNorwegian Bokmål
GandsjaNorwegian Nynorsk
GanjaNorwegian Nynorsk
GanjaOromo
ГандзаOssetian
ГянджаOssetian
ਗੰਜਾPanjabi
گنجهPersian
AbbasabadPolish
GandżaPolish
GiandżaPolish
JelizawetpolPolish
KirowabadPolish
ګنجهPushto
GanjaQuechua
GəncəQuechua
GancaRomanian
GandjaRomanian
GanjaRomanian
ГанджаRussian
ГянджаRussian
ЕлизаветпольRussian
ЕлисаветпольRussian
КировабадRussian
КировобадRussian
ГанджаRusyn
GanjaScots
Ganja, AzerbaijanScots
GəncəScots
ГанџаSerbian
GandžaSerbo-Croatian
GandżaSilesian
ගංජාSinhala
ගංජා, අසර්බයිජානයSinhala
ගන්ජාSinhala
GäncäSlovak
GəncəSlovak
GiandžaSlovak
GyandzhaSlovak
KirovabadSlovak
Elizavetpol‘Slovenian
GandžaSlovenian
GanjaSlovenian
GəncəSlovenian
GjandžaSlovenian
JelizavetpolSlovenian
KirovabadSlovenian
GanjaSomali
گنجهSouth Azerbaijani
GəncəSundanese
GanjaSwahili
GäncäSwedish
GändzjäSwedish
GanjaSwedish
GəncəSwedish
JelizavetpolSwedish
KirovabadSwedish
GanjaTagalog
GonçoTajik
ГанҷаTajik
GənčəTalysh
கஞ்சாTamil
கஞ்சா நகரம், அசர்பைஜான்Tamil
ГанжаTatar
ГәнҗәTatar
గంజాTelugu
แกนแจThai
เขตแกนแจThai
GancaTurkish
GenceTurkish
KirovabadTurkish
GanjaTurkmen
ҐанджаUkrainian
ГянджаUkrainian
ҐянджаUkrainian
ЄлизаветпольUkrainian
ЄлисаветпольUkrainian
КіровабадUkrainian
GandźaUpper Sorbian
GəncəUpper Sorbian
گنجہUrdu
GanjaUzbek
GäncäVenetian
GändžVeps
GancaVietnamese
GanjaVietnamese
Ganja, AzerbaijanVietnamese
GanjaWaray (Philippines)
GanjaWelsh
ԳանձակWestern Armenian
ԳանջայWestern Armenian
Եղիսաբեթուպոլ (historical)Western Armenian
گانجا شہرWestern Panjabi
گنجہWestern Panjabi
占贾Wu Chinese
占賈Yue Chinese

Localities in the Area

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Ganja Region: Highlights

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