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Cəbrayil

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Established
  
1980

Time zone
  
AMT (UTC+4)

Population
  
9,400 (2011)

Elevation
  
569 m (1,867 ft)

Local time
  
Wednesday 4:17 AM

Rayon
  
Jabrayil District


Country
  
De jure Azerbaijan De facto Nagorno-Karabakh

Weather
  
2°C, Wind N at 5 km/h, 99% Humidity

Cəbrayil (also spelt Cäbrayil, Jabrayil, Jebrayil, Jebrail, Jabrail, Jäbrayyl, Jebraiele, Djebrail, Dzhebrail, Džebrail), Armenian: Jrakan, is a city currently administrated by ethnic Armenian forces from Nagorno-Karabakh since 25 August 1993, and now is part of Hadrut province of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. It was the capital of the Jabrayil Rayon of Azerbaijan.

Contents

Map of Jabrayil, Azerbaijan

History

According to the Russian Empire Census in 1897 Cəbrayil was a village with a population of 520, of which 414 were Azerbaijanis, 76 were Russians, and others.

Notable natives

  • Jamil Ahmadov — Hero of the Soviet Union.
  • Teymur Guliyev — Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (1937–1953) and the Council of Ministers of Azerbaijan SSR (1953–1954).
  • Ramil Safarov — Azerbaijani officer and convicted murderer.

    • References

    Cəbrayil Wikipedia
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