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Goygol (also, Shakashen, Xanlar, Chanlar, Elenendorf, Helenendorf, Khanlar, Kol-Yelendorf, and Yelenendorf) is a city and municipality and the capital of the Goygol Rayon in northwestern Azerbaijan. It is about 10 km south of Ganja, Azerbaijan's second largest city. The city of Goygol has a population of 19,000 (est, 2008). The municipality includes the city of Goygol and the village of Qızılqaya.
Founded in 1819 by Germans from Württemberg, brought as a colony under orders of Czar Alexander to help settle the region that had just been acquired from Persia under the Treaty of Gulistan of 1813.
Founded in 1819 by Germans from Württemberg, brought as a colony under orders of Czar Alexander to help settle the region that had just been acquired from Persia under the Treaty of Gulistan of 1813.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goygol_(city)
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 40°35'1"N 46°19'49"E
- Ganja 20 km
- Shirvan 226 km
- Baku 249 km
- Sumgayit 264 km
- Tabriz 269 km
- Binagadi District 282 km
- Ardabil 301 km
- Urmia 352 km
- Khoshkebijar 451 km
- Rasht 454 km
- Bridge 0.5 km
- Bridge 1.2 km
- Сemetery 2.7 km
- Cemetery 2.7 km
- Old bridge 3.1 km
- Ganja Mediumwave Transmitter, Mast East 3.5 km
- Ganja Mediumwave Transmitter, Mast West 3.5 km
- Ganja Longwave Transmitter 4.3 km
- Goygol district 5.5 km