Ümid is an

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlement, abbreviated: ; , abbreviated: ; ; ; ; . is an official designation for lesser urbanized settlements, used in several Central and Eastern Europe, Central and Eastern European countries. The term was primarily used in the So ...

in the

Qaradağ raion Garadagh () is a settlement and raion in Baku, 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. ...

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, Azerbaijan.

History

The foundation of the settlement Ümid ("Hope") was laid according to the initiative and decree of the

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in 1999, with the commissioning of 110 private residential buildings for refugees from Armenia and internally displaced persons as a result of the

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. In 2000, the settlement received the status of an urban-type settlement. From 2005 to 2008, the Norwegian International Humanitarian Organization "Council for Refugees", the executive power of the Karadag region of Baku, as well as the Mishni community of the

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of Azerbaijan, implemented a joint project, within the framework of which 110 cottages for community representatives were built in Ümid. Commissioning of 52 houses took place on 19 June 2013. The project was sponsored by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Norwegian oil company

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References

Populated places in Baku {{Baku-geo-stub