Place:Mingachevir, Azerbaijan

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NameMingachevir
Alt namesMengechaursource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (2003-) accessed 11 August 2004
Mingacevirsource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Mingaçevirsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Mingechaursource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Mingechaurgessource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (2003-) accessed 11 August 2004
Mingelchaursource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Mingečaursource: Rand McNally Atlas (1986) I-145
Mingächevirsource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (2003-) accessed 11 August 2004
Mingäçevirsource: Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 11 August 2004; Rand McNally Atlas (1994)
TypeSahar
Coordinates40.769°N 47.033°E
Located inAzerbaijan
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Mingachevir is the fourth-largest city in Azerbaijan with a population of about 106,000. It's often called the "city of lights" because of its hydroelectric power station on the Kur River, which divides the city down the middle.

The current city was founded in 1948, partly by German prisoners of war captured during World War II. Mingechevir is also home to Mingachevir Polytechnic Institute. The city forms an administrative division of Azerbaijan. The district is located 323 km from Baku and 17 km from the Baku-Tbilisi railway. Geographically, the region is located in the center of the republic on both sides of the Kura River.

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