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M1 Highway (Azerbaijan)
The M1 is a 203 km (126 mi) long highway running across the Azeri coast. The route runs from the border of Russia to Baku. Near Baku the road is a motorway. The entire route is part of the European route E119 and Asian Highway The Asian Highway Network (AH), also known as the Great Asian Highway, is a cooperative project among countries in Asia and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) to improve their connectivity via hig ... AH8. References {{road-stub M1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samur, Azerbaijan
Samur is a village and municipality in the Qusar Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 2,388 and is named after the river which forms part of the Azerbaijan–Russia border. Samur is itself the nearest village to the SDK border crossing where the M1 highway crosses into Russia. This border crossing is the only legal road crossing between the two nations though there is also a railway crossing at Yalama Yalama is a village and municipality in the Khachmaz Rayon of Azerbaijan, located adjacent to the Azerbaijan–Russia border. It has a population of 4,762. The municipality consists of the villages of Yalama, Düztahiroba, Səlimoba, Ortaoba, Uk .... Both are open to CIS citizens only. References * {{Qusar-geo-stub Populated places in Qusar District ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yeni Həyat, Khachmaz
Yeni Həyat (also, Yeni-Khayat) is a village and municipality in the Khachmaz Rayon of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by .... It has a population of 3,503. References * Populated places in Khachmaz District {{Khachmaz-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qırmızı Qəsəbə
Qırmızı Qəsəbə is a village and municipality in the Quba District of Azerbaijan. As of 2010, it had a population of 3,598, mostly Jews. It is widely believed to be the world's only population centre exclusively made up of Jewish people outside of Israel and the United States, and is likewise considered to be the last surviving . Located across the Qudyal river from the city of Quba, it is the principal settlement of Azerbaijan's Caucasus Jewish population; the most widely spoken language in the village is Judeo-Tat. The names of the municipality in Azerbaijani, Russian, and Hebrew all translate to "Red Town" or "Red Village", supposedly in reference to the red tiles used on the buildings. Other sources attribute the name of Qırmızı Qəsəbə to the protected status that it received during World War II, when its residents were shielded from potential persecution in light of Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union. History Jews in Quba and Azerbaijan The first J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timiryazev, Azerbaijan
Timiryazev is a village and municipality in the Quba Rayon of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by .... It has a population of 1,322. References Populated places in Quba District (Azerbaijan) {{Quba-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gəndov, Davachi
Gəndov (also, Gəndav, Ashagyy-Gendob, Bash-Gendob, and Yukhary Gyandov) is a village and municipality in the Davachi Rayon of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by .... It has a population of 2,296. References * Populated places in Shabran District {{Davachi-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sumqayit
Sumqayit (or Sumgait; ; , ) is a city in Azerbaijan, located near the Caspian Sea, on the Absheron Peninsula, about away from the capital Baku. The city had a population of 427,000 at the beginning of 2024, making it the List of cities in Azerbaijan, second largest city in Azerbaijan after Baku. The city has a territory of . It was founded as a suburb of Baku in 1944 and received city status on 22 November 1949, growing into a major industrial center during the Soviet period. The municipality of Sumgait also includes the settlements of Corat, Jorat and Hacı Zeynalabdin, Haji Zeynalabdin. It is home to Sumqayit State University. Etymology The name of city comes from the name of the Mongol Empire, Mongolian tribe Sugaut (Sagait). According to local Azerbaijani folklore, folklore the city is named after the :az:Sumqayıtçay, Sumgait River. One folk legend tells the tale of a hero by the name of "Sum", who is chosen by the community to fight a monster that was blocking the Sum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baku
Baku (, ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Azerbaijan, largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and in the Caucasus region. Baku is below sea level, which makes it the List of capital cities by elevation, lowest lying national capital in the world and also the largest city in the world below sea level. Baku lies on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, on the Bay of Baku. Baku's urban population was estimated at two million people as of 2009. Baku is the primate city of Azerbaijan—it is the sole metropolis in the country, and about 25% of all inhabitants of the country live in Baku's metropolitan area. Baku is divided into #Administrative divisions, twelve administrative raions and 48 townships. Among these are the townships on the islands of the Baku Archipelago, as well as the industrial settlement of Neft Daşları built on oil rigs away from Baku city in the Caspian Sea. The Old City (Baku), Old City, conta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders of Russia, land borders with fourteen countries. Russia is the List of European countries by population, most populous country in Europe and the List of countries and dependencies by population, ninth-most populous country in the world. It is a Urbanization by sovereign state, highly urbanised country, with sixteen of its urban areas having more than 1 million inhabitants. Moscow, the List of metropolitan areas in Europe, most populous metropolitan area in Europe, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, while Saint Petersburg is its second-largest city and Society and culture in Saint Petersburg, cultural centre. Human settlement on the territory of modern Russia dates back to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Route E119
E119 is a European B class road in Russia and Azerbaijan, connecting the cities Moscow - Astrakhan - Baku - Makhachkala - Astara, near the border with Iran. Route *: (Concurrent with ) Moscow - Kashira *: Kashira - Tambov - Borisoglebsk () - Volgograd (Start of Concurrency with ) - Astrakhan (End of Concurrency ) *: Astrakhan () - Kochubey - Kizlyar - Mahachkala () *: Mahachkala () - Yarag-Kazmalyar (border with Azerbaijan) *: (border with Russia) Samur - Sumgayit - Baku * Bakı Dairəvi Yolu: Baku *: Baku (Start of Concurrency with ) - Ələt (, End of Concurrency with ) *: Ələt ( ) - Biləsuvar Bilasuvar () is a city in and the capital of the Bilasuvar District of Azerbaijan. The area's considerable agricultural potential depends on irrigation. It is situated near one of the country's four border crossings with Iran. It has been sai ... - Astara *: Astara External links UN Economic Commission for Europe: Overall Map of E-road Network (2007) {{E-road ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asian Highway Network
The Asian Highway Network (AH), also known as the Great Asian Highway, is a cooperative project among countries in Asia and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) to improve their connectivity via highway systems. It is one of the three pillars of the Asian Land Transport Infrastructure Development (ALTID) project, endorsed by the ESCAP commission at its 48th session in 1992, comprising Asian Highway, Trans-Asian railway (TAR) and facilitation of land transport projects. Agreements have been signed by 32 countries to allow the highway to cross the continent and also reach to Europe. Some of the countries taking part in the highway project are India ( Act East policy), Sri Lanka, Pakistan, China, Iran, Japan, South Korea, Nepal and Bangladesh. Most of the funding comes from the larger, more advanced Asian nations such as China, South Korea and Singapore as well as international agencies such as the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
