Shaki, Azerbaijan
Sheki Şəki | |
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Central street in Shaki | |
Coordinates: 41°11′31″N 47°10′14″E / 41.19194°N 47.17056°E | |
Kintra | Azerbaijan |
Govrenment | |
• Heid o the Executive Pouer | Murad Cabbarli |
Elevation | 545 m (1,788 ft) |
Population (2008)[2] | |
• Total | 65,045 |
Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+5 (AZT) |
Website | sheki-ih.gov.az |
Shaki (Azerbaijani: Şəki; til 1968 kent as Nukha, Nuxa; wis forbye kent as, Nucha, Noukha, Shäki, an Sheki) is a ceety in northwastren Azerbaijan, in the rayon o the same name.
Shaki is situatit in northren Azerbaijan on the soothren pairt o the Greater Caucasus muntain range, 325 km (202 mi) frae Baku. The population o Shaki is 63,000.
Etymology
Accordin tae the Azerbaijani historians, the name o the toun gaes back tae the ethnonym o the Sakas, wha reakit the territory o modren day Azerbaijan in the 7t century B.C. an populatit it for several centuries.[3] In the medieval sources, the name o the toun is foond in various forms such as Sheke, Sheki, Shaka, Shakki, Shakne, Shaken, Shakkan, Shekin.
Geography an climate
Shaki is surroondit bi snawy peaks o the Greater Caucasus, in some places reachin 3000–3600 m. Shaki's climate includes a range o cyclones an anticyclones, air masses an local winds. The average annual temperatur in Sheki is 12 °C. In Juin an August, average temperatur varies atween 20 an 25 °C.
The muntain forests aroond the aurie prevent the ceety frae floods an owerheatin o the aurie in simmer. The main rivers o the ceety are the Kish an Gurjhana. Throu the Soviet rule o Azerbaijan, mony ascendit tae Shaki tae bathe in its prestigious mineral springs.
Internaitional relations
Twin touns — Sister ceeties
References
- ↑ "Shaki, Azerbaijan Page". Retrieved 3 Julie 2008.
- ↑ World Gazetteer: Azerbaijan[deid airtin] – World-Gazetteer.com
- ↑ "Narinqala: Shaki's History". Archived frae the original on 9 Julie 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
Freemit airtins
Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Shaki. |
Travel guide tae Shaki frae Wikivoyage
- Shaki (as Şəki) at GEOnet Names Server
- Azerbaijan Development Gateway - Sheki Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine