Mingachevir

Mingachevir
City
Azerbaijani: Mingəçevir
Location of Mingachevir
Coordinates: 40°46′12″N 47°02′56″E / 40.77000°N 47.04889°E / 40.77000; 47.04889
Country Azerbaijan
RegionCentral Aran
Founded1946
Government
 • GovernorIlham Ismayilov
Area
 • Total
130 km2 (50 sq mi)
Elevation
55 m (180 ft)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total
106,048
 • Density820/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
 • Population Rank in Azerbaijan
4th
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
Websitemingechevir-ih.gov.az

Mingachevir (Azerbaijani: Mingəçevir (listen)ⓘ) is the fourth largest city in Azerbaijan with a population of about 106,000. It is often called the "city of lights" because of its hydroelectric power station on the Kur River, which divides the city down the middle.[2]

The current city was founded in 1948, partly by German prisoners of war captured during World War II.[3] Mingechevir is also home to Mingachevir Polytechnic Institute. The city forms an administrative division of Azerbaijan. The district is located 323 km from the capital Baku and 17 km from the Baku-Tbilisi railway. Geographically, the region is located in the center of the republic on both sides of the Kura River.[4]

Mingachevir home built by German prisoners of war
  1. ^ "Əhalisi - MİNGƏÇEVİR ŞƏHƏR Icra Hakimiyyəti". Archived from the original on 2015-11-09. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
  2. ^ "Mingachevir. The City of Lights". azernews.az. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  3. ^ "German POW cemetery in Mingechevir". Archived from the original on 2014-09-20. Retrieved 2018-11-28.
  4. ^ "Coğrafi mövqeyi - MİNGƏÇEVİR ŞƏHƏR Icra Hakimiyyəti". mingechevir-ih.gov.az. Archived from the original on 2018-11-29. Retrieved 2018-11-29.