Xırdalan

Xırdalan (also anglicized as Khirdalan, Khyrdalan, Khurdalan, and Xirdalan) is a city and municipality in and the capital of the Absheron Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 95,200.[1]

Xırdalan

Xırdalan
City & Municipality
Seal
Xırdalan
Coordinates: 40°26′55″N 49°45′23″E
Country Azerbaijan
RayonAbsheron
City Status2006
Area
  Total47 km2 (18 sq mi)
Elevation
50 m (160 ft)
Population
 (2014)
  Total95,200
  Density2,000/km2 (5,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
  Summer (DST)UTC+5 (AZT)
Postal code
AZ 0100
Area code(s)12
Vehicle registration01

On 29 November 2006, settlement gained city status after its approval by National Assembly of Azerbaijan.[2]

Khirdalan is also the home of country's biggest brewery Baltika Baku, previously known as Xırdalan.[3] A monument to Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was erected in 2007 in the city. 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".[4]

Notable natives

  • Nabi Hazri — poet, novelist and playwright, People's Poet of Azerbaijan SSR (1984).[5]

References


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