Barda
Bərdə | |
|---|---|
City & Municipality | |
 Landmarks of Barda, from top left: Imamzadeh Mausoleum • Barda Mausoleum Ancient bridge • State Art Gallery Barda Juma Mosque • Barda Sports Center Sabir Garden Park | |
  Barda  Barda | |
| Coordinates: 40°22′28″N 47°07′36″E / 40.37444°N 47.12667°E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| Elevation | 76 m (249 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 41,277 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
| Area code | +994 2020 |
Barda (Azerbaijani: Bərdə ) is a city and the capital of the Barda District in Azerbaijan, located south of Yevlax and on the left bank of the Tartar river. It served as the capital of Caucasian Albania by the end of the 5th-century.[2][3] Barda became the chief city of the Islamic province of Arran, the classical Caucasian Albania, remaining so until the tenth century.[4]
- ^ World Gazetteer: Azerbaijan [dead link] – World-Gazetteer.com
- ^ Hoyland 2020, p. 280.
- ^ Gadjiev 2017, p. 124.
- ^ Bosworth 1988, pp. 779–780.