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Şəmkir is a city and human settlement in Azerbaijan, serving as the capital of Shamkir District. It is located at an elevation of 450 meters above sea level and has a population of 67,700. The city’s official language is Azerbaijani, and it operates in the UTC+04:00 time zone. Its postal code is AZ 5700.
Historical records indicate that Şəmkir was first mentioned in 401. The settlement has been associated with the Safavid Karabakh region. Şəmkir is twinned with Marneuli. The city’s official name has also been recorded as Annenfeld, Şamxor, and Annino.
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Place details
- Locality
- Şəmkir
- Region
- Şǝmkir
- Country
- Azərbaycan
- Population
- 35,421
- Timezone
- Asia/Baku
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- Azerbaijan
- District
- Shamkir
- Elevation
- 450 m (1,480 ft)
- Total
- 67,200
- Time zone
- UTC+4 ( AZT )
- Area code
- +994 241
- Website
- shamkir-ih .gov .az
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Official name
- Шамхор
- Country
- Azerbaijan
- Located in
- Safavid Karabakh
- Official language
- Azerbaijani
- Population
- 67700
- Elevation
- 450
- Time zone
- UTC+04:00
- Capital of
- Shamkir District
- Official website
- shamkir-ih.gov.az
- Image
- Montage of Şəmkir 2019.jpg
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- Commons category
- Şəmkir
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Shamkir
- topic's main category
- Category:Şəmkir
- postal code
- AZ 5700
- native label
- Şəmkir
- time of earliest written record
- 0401-00-00
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- twinned administrative body
- Marneuli
- P12749
- Camiña
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Encyclopedic overview
40°49′47″N 46°01′08″E / 40.82972°N 46.01889°E / 40.82972; 46.01889
Shamkir (Azerbaijani: Şəmkir), known historically as Annenfeld, is a city in and the capital of Shamkir District in western Azerbaijan, located in the northern foothills of the Lesser Caucasus, on the coast of the Chagirchay River on Tbilisi-Yevlakh highway, about 4 kilometers (2.5 mi) from Dallar railway station. It is the eighth most populous city in Azerbaijan.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Şəmkir” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.