Nizami Gəncəvi
Nizami Ganjavi is a Baku Metro station. It opened up on 31 December 1976. It is named after medieval Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi. This station is located nearby to Courtyard Baku Hotel.Photo: Cekli829, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Uzeyir Hajibeyov’s House Museum and National Dramatic Theater.
Uzeyir Hajibeyov’s House Museum
Museum
Photo: Interfase, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Uzeyir Hajibeyov's House Museum is the house in which the famous Azerbaijani composer Uzeyir Hajibeyov lived, located on Shamil Azizbekov Street near the Nizami metro station. Uzeyir Hajibeyov’s House Museum is situated 200 metres south of Nizami Gəncəvi.
National Dramatic Theater
Theater building
Photo: Gulustan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Azerbaijan State Academic Drama Theatre is an academic theatre of drama in Baku, Azerbaijan. National Dramatic Theater is situated 460 metres south of Nizami Gəncəvi.
Palace of the Shirvanshahs
Museum
Photo: brunogirin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Palace of the Shirvanshahs is a 15th-century palace built by the Shirvanshahs and described by UNESCO as "one of the pearls of Azerbaijan's architecture". Palace of the Shirvanshahs is situated 1½ km south of Nizami Gəncəvi.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Baku and Old City.
Baku
Photo: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Baku is the capital of Azerbaijan and is the largest city in the Caucasus. Baku's Old Town has UNESCO World Heritage status. Many cultures and architectural styles mix in Baku, in particular Turkish-Islamic elements meet strong Western European and Russian-Eastern European influences.
Old City
Neighborhood
Photo: AlixSaz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Old City or Inner City is the historical core of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. The Old City is the most ancient part of Baku, which is surrounded by walls.
White City
Locality
Photo: Ayla Gasimova, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Baku White City is a planned urban development in the Xətai-Khatai district of Azerbaijan. It is part of the 2021 strategic plan for Baku. It refers to the re-development of a portion of Black City, a 221-hectare land area. White City is situated 5 km east of Nizami Gəncəvi.
Nizami Gəncəvi
- Type: Metro station
- Description: metro station in Baku, Azerbaijan
- Categories: underground station, railway station, railway stop, transport stop, and transportation
- Location: Azerbaijan, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
40.37932° or 40° 22′ 46″ northLongitude
49.83002° or 49° 49′ 48″ eastNetwork
Bakı MetropoliteniOpen location code
8HGF9RHJ+P2OpenStreetMap ID
node 670216816OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_positionOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationWikidata ID
Q3025411
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Uzbek—“Nizami Gəncəvi” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Nizami metrostansiyası”
- Bengali: “নিজামি গানজাভি”
- Central Kurdish: “نیزامیی گەنجەوی”
- Chinese: “尼扎米·甘賈維站”
- Czech: “Nizami”
- Dutch: “Nizami Gəncəvi”
- French: “Nizami Gəncəvi”
- French: “Nizami”
- German: “Nizami Gəncəvi”
- German: “Nizami”
- Indonesian: “Nizami”
- Italian: “Nizami”
- Polish: “Nizami”
- Portuguese: “Nizami”
- Russian: “Низами Гянджеви”
- Russian: “Низами”
- Spanish: “Nizami Gəncəvi (Metro de Bakú)”
- Spanish: “Nizami Gəncəvi”
- Turkish: “Nizami (Bakü Metrosu)”
- Turkish: “Nizami”
- Ukrainian: “Нізамі Гянджеві (станція метро)”
- Ukrainian: “Нізамі Гянджеві”
- Uzbek: “Nizami (metro bekati)”
- Uzbek: “Nizami”
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Highlights include Hacı Sultan Əli Məscidi \ Bakı and Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Population.
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