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Ganja Region

Ganja Region is a region in that includes the Agdash, Agstafa, Barda, Dashkasan, Gadabay, Goranboy, Khanlar, Qazakh, Samukh, Shamkir, and Yevlakh rayons.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Ganja and Yevlakh.

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is 's second largest city, with a population of around 335,600. The city has been a historic and cultural center throughout most of its existence.

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is a city in , 265 km west of the capital of . It is surrounded by but administratively separate from the .

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is a city in , known as a medical touristic center. It is located on an agricultural plain near the Lesser . The word also means a petroleum product that can be obtained there.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Qazakh and Göygöl.

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Qazax is a city in and the capital of the of . It has a population of 20,900. Gazakh is a city and administrative district in the west of Azerbaijan, the "western gate" of Azerbaijan.

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Goygol is a city, municipality and the capital of the in northwestern . It is around 10 km south of Azerbaijan's third-largest city, .

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Gadabay is a city and the administrative center of the of . It is located 444 km away from , the capital of Azerbaijan.

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is the capital city of the of . The municipality consists of the city of and the nearby villages of , , İrəvanlı, and . Vougar Aslanov, a journalist, is from .

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— is a national park of . It was established in an area in Goygol Rayon administrative district on April 1, 2008, on the basis of the former "Goy Gol State Reserve" that was established in 1925 and which it superseded, on a surface area of 12,755 hectares.

Ganja Region

Latitude of center
40.825° or 40° 49′ 30″ north
Longitude of center
46.215° or 46° 12′ 54″ east
Wiki­data ID
Q14216245
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Venetian—“Ganja Region” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “占賈地區”
  • Italian: “Regione di Gäncä”
  • Italian: “Regione di Gəncə”
  • Venetian: “Rejon de Gäncä”

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