Sincan, Azerbaijan

Sincan (also, Sindzhan and Sindzhav) is a village and municipality in the Oghuz Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 1,419. Its name is derived from the province of Xinjiang in China.

Sincan
Municipality
Sincan
Coordinates: 40°56′41″N 47°34′54″E
Country Azerbaijan
RayonOghuz
Population
  Total1,419
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
  Summer (DST)UTC+5 (AZT)

Much of the water supplied to Baku originates in wells at Sincan and is then transferred at 5 cubic metres per second through a 262.5km pipeline built at the cost of 779,600,000 manats (over half a billion US$).[1]

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