Goychay (city)

40°39′11″N 47°44′26″E / 40.65306°N 47.74056°E / 40.65306; 47.74056

Goychay
Göyçay
City & Municipality
Göyçay Mosque, built in 1903
Göyçay Mosque, built in 1903
Goychay is located in Azerbaijan
Goychay
Goychay
Coordinates: 40°39′11″N 47°44′26″E / 40.65306°N 47.74056°E / 40.65306; 47.74056
Country Azerbaijan
DistrictGoychay
Founded1916
Elevation
115 m (377 ft)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total
42,500
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
Area code+994 167
WebsiteOfficial website

Goychay (Azerbaijani: Göyçay) is a city, municipality and the capital of the Goychay District of Azerbaijan. The municipality includes the city of Goychay and the nearby village of Qızılqaya.[2]

As of December 2016 the urban population of Goychay was estimated at 42,500, an increase of around 20% since 2004 when the population was recorded as being 35,344.[3]

  1. ^ World Gazetteer: Azerbaijan [dead link] – World-Gazetteer.com
  2. ^ "Belediyye Informasiya Sistemi" (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on 24 September 2008.
  3. ^ Goychay Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine