Ganja

Also known as Kirovabad, Elisabethpol, Ganca

city in Azerbaijan

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Ganja is a city in Azerbaijan, located in the western part of the country. It is historically and culturally significant as Azerbaijan's second-largest city and an important center of trade and regional development.

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Official name: Elizavetpol
Population: 331400
Area: 298
Elevation: 408
Official website: ganja-ih.gov.az
Image: Montage of Ganja 2019.jpg
Licence plate code: 20

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Commons category: Gəncə
native label: Кіровабад
postal code: AZ2000
inception: 0660-00-00
time of earliest written record: 0836-00-00
P8168: Vladyslav Vashchuk

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Ganja (/ˈɡændʒə/; Azerbaijani: Gəncə [ɟænˈdʒæ] ) is Azerbaijan's second largest city, with a population of around 335,600. The city has been a historic and cultural center throughout most of its existence. It was the capital of the Ganja Khanate until 1804; after Qajar Iran ceded it to the Russian Empire following the Treaty of Gulistan in 1813, it became part of the administrative divisions of the Georgia Governorate, Georgia-Imeretia Governorate, Tiflis Governorate, and Elizavetpol Governorate. Following the dissolution of the Russian Empire and the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic, it became a part of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, followed by the Azerbaijan SSR, and, since 1991, the Republic of Azerbaijan.

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