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City & Municipality in Absheron, Azerbaijan
Khyrdalan
City & Municipality
Azerbaijani: Xırdalan
Khyrdalan is located in AzerbaijanKhyrdalanKhyrdalan
Coordinates: 40°26′55″N 49°45′23″E / 40.44861°N 49.75639°E / 40.44861; 49.75639
Country Azerbaijan
DistrictAbsheron
City Status2006
Area
 • Total47 km (18 sq mi)
Elevation50 m (160 ft)
Population
 • Total100,900
 • Density2,100/km (5,600/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
Postal codeAZ 0100
Area code12
Vehicle registration01

Xırdalan (Khyrdalan) is a city, municipality and the capital of the Absheron District of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 95,200. Khyrdalan is home of country's biggest brewery Baltika Baku, previously known as Khyrdalan . A monument to Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was erected in 2007 in the city. Similarly, a statue of Heydar Aliyev was erected in Cairo in 2008. In the wake of the 2011 Egyptian protests, the Azerbaijani opposition, led by the Musavat Party, demanded the demolition of the statue, calling it a "worship of idols". On 8 June 2011, the statue was taken down following Mubarak's resignation.

On 29 November 2006, the settlement gained city status after its approval by the National Assembly of Azerbaijan.

Transportation

Baku suburban railway

Notable natives

References

  1. "Cities & towns of Azerbaijan". pop-stat.mashke.org.
  2. "Baltika-Baku". Archived from the original on June 17, 2009.
  3. "4 meter high monument of Azerbaijan's National Leader Heydar Aliyev established in Egypt". Day.az. 2008-02-07.
  4. "Azerbaijani Youth Ridicule Mubarak Statue". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 2011-02-07.
  5. "Azerbaijan Removes Mubarak Monument". Fox News. 2021-04-01.
  6. "Khirdalan settlement receives a city status". www.today.az.
  7. "Nəbi Xəzri" (in Azerbaijani). ADAM.az. Archived from the original on 2011-09-03.

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Absheron District
Capital: Xırdalan
Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan
Districts
Cities
Towns
Names in italics indicate parts of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic


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