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Absheron or Apsheron may refer to: * Absheron District, a rayon of Azerbaijan * Absheron Economic Region * Absheron FK, a football club based in Baku, active from 2010 to 2011 * Absheron gas field * Absheron Hotel * Absheron National Park * Absheron Peninsula, Azerbaijan * ''Absheron'', a novel by Mehdi Huseyn Mehdi Ali oglu Huseynov – famed under the pseudonym Mehdi Huseyn (; 17 April 1909 – 10 March 1965) was an Azerbaijani and Soviet writer and critic, laureate of the State Stalin Prize of the third degree (1950) and member of the All-Union Comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Absheron District
Absheron District () is one of the 66 Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan, districts of Azerbaijan. Located in the east of the country, it belongs to the Absheron-Khizi Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Khizi District, Khizi, Gobustan District, Gobustan, Baku, Hajigabul District, Hajigabul, Salyan District (Azerbaijan), Salyan, and the city of Sumgait. Its capital and largest city is Xırdalan, Khyrdalan. As of 2020, the district had a population of 214,100. Although the district shares the same name as the Absheron Peninsula, the area covered by the district is not conterminous, being further west and mostly inland. History Absheron District was founded in 1963 by the Soviet government to assure enough labour force, highly educated professional staff and necessary provisions are given to enterprises and firms, kolkhozes and collective farms, poultry and agrarian industries, construction centres, scientific-research institutes and laboratories present o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Absheron Economic Region
The Absheron Economic Region is located in the eastern part of the Republic of Azerbaijan and comprises Baku and Sumgait cities and the Absheron and Khizi districts. The eastern part of the economic region is located on the shores of the Caspian Sea, which has positive effects on the economy of the region. It borders Shaki-Zaqatala economic region to the north, Mountainous Shirvan to the west and Aran to the south. Absheron Economic Region covers an area of 3,290 square kilometers, constituting approximately 3.9% of the territory of Azerbaijan (excluding the city of Baku), and there are approximately 568,000 people as of the beginning of January 2018 (also excluding Baku). The population density was 103 people per square km of land area. Industry Due to the oil and gas reserves of the region, Absheron Economic Region is mainly specialized in fossil fuel production and relevant areas such as petrochemistry and chemistry. As a significant part of the oil and gas industry is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Absheron FK
Abşeron FK is an Azerbaijani football club. The club plays in the AFFA Amateur League. History Founded in 2010, the club immediately gained admittance to the Azerbaijan First Division in 2010. In April 2011 the team secured their promotion to Azerbaijan Premier League after clinching First division's champion title. Absheron had an unbeaten run in the first division and broke new records for a club with most points in the first division and most victories in a season. On 1 July 2011, Absheron FC announced that due to sponsorship problems the club would cease to exist, with their place in the Premier League being taken by Sumgayit City F.C. Absheron FC resumed its activities on November 29, 2017. Today the club still exist, but however the club was used as a youth team. Current squad ''(captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader or highest rank officer of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Absheron Gas Field
The Absheron gas field () is an offshore natural gas field in the Caspian Sea. The field is located southeast of Baku and northeast of the Shah Deniz gas field. It covers approximately . Partners of the Absheron field are Total S.A. (40%), SOCAR (40%), and GDF Suez (20%). Operator of the field is Total. History The Absheron block was discovered as a result of seismic exploration by Azerbaijani scientists in 1960 and was commissioned for exploration works in 1993. The first production sharing agreement on the Absheron field was signed between SOCAR and ChevronTexaco on August 1, 1997. According to the agreement, contractors conducted three seismic studies of of the block and drilled an exploration well in its southern section at a depth of . In 2001, gas condensate beds were found on the depth of ; however, these reserves were estimated as commercially unprofitable and Chevron quit the project in December 2005. The new contract between Total and SOCAR was signed on Februar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Absheron Hotel
The JW Marriott Absheron Baku is a high-rise hotel in Baku, Azerbaijan, opened in 2012. It is located on Azadliq Square next to Pushkin's Park and the Crescent Hotel on the edge of the Caspian Sea. The hotel is named for the previous Absheron Hotel which formerly stood on this site. It was established by the Soviet Intourist monopoly in 1985 and had 343 rooms on 16 floors. It was entirely demolished in 2009. The current JW Marriott-managed hotel of 237 rooms on 21 floors was built on the site and opened on July 3, 2012. It was described by author Ken Haley Ken Haley (born 1954 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian author and journalist who became paraplegic in 1991. Haley's books include: ''Emails from the Edge,'' ''Europe at 2.4 km/hour'', and ''The One That Got Away''. He has written for publica ... as an "imposing" hotel, with some rooms that have a "magnificent view of the city square and the sun-spangled expanse of the world's largest lake". References External link ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Absheron National Park
Absheron National Park () is a National Parks of Azerbaijan, national park of Azerbaijan in the Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests' ecoregion. It was established on 8 February 2005, on an area of in the administrative territory of the District of Azizbeyov (now Khazar raion, Khazar) in the City of Baku, on the base of Absheron State Nature Preserve. Absheron was the country's most visited park by foreign tourists in the first three months of 2024. Fauna and flora The Absheron State Nature Preserve was created in July 1969 in order to protect gazelles, Caspian seals and waterbirds that inhabit the territory. The climate of the area is semi-arid, specific to semi-desert and dry steppe. Types and Biomass (ecology), phytomass of flora is poor here, plants are changed respective of water and saltiness regime of area. Sea coastal sand plants (42,6%), meadows with jigilgamish and paz grass (13,2 %), one-year saline grasses (5,2 %) etc. are spread. Ephemeras also develop well in early spr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Absheron Peninsula
The Absheron Peninsula () is a peninsula in Azerbaijan. It is the location of Baku, the most populous city of the country, and the Baku Metropolitan Area, with its satellite cities Sumqayit and Khyrdalan. It extends eastward into the Caspian Sea, and reaches a maximum width of . Azerbaijan's shape is often compared to an eagle, with the Absheron Peninsula forming its beak as it extends into the Caspian Sea. Though technically the easternmost extension of the Caucasus Mountains, the landscape is only mildly hilly, a gently undulating plain that ends in a long spit of sand dunes known as Shah Dili, also known as the Shah Spit which is the easternmost point of mainland Azerbaijan, now declared the Absheron National Park. In this part, the peninsula is dissected by ravines and characterized by frequent salt lakes. The peninsula also features four districts, of which two are urban (Baku and Sumqayit) while three are considered suburban ( Absheron Rayon, Pirallahi Rayon, and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
