- Goychay (city)
Infobox Settlement
official_name =Goychay
native_name = Göyçay
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pushpin_mapsize =300
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = flag|Azerbaijan
subdivision_type1 = Rayon
subdivision_name1 =Goychay
leader_title =
leader_name =
established_title =
established_date =
area_total_km2 =
area_footnotes =
population_as_of =2008
population_total =36720
population_density_km2 =
timezone =AZT
utc_offset = +4
timezone_DST =AZT
utc_offset_DST = +5
latd=40 |latm=39 |lats=11 |latNS=N
longd=47|longm=44 |longs=26 |longEW=E
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website =Goychay (also, Göyçay, Gekchai, Geokchai, Geokchay, Geoktschai, and Göychay) is a city in and the capital of the
Goychay Rayon ofAzerbaijan .As of December 2004 the urban population was 35,344 [ [http://www.goychay.az/browse.php?lang=eng&page=22 Goychay ] ]
Concerted settlement dates back to the late 1850's following the devastating 1859 earthquake in Shemakha, though the town was only officially incorporated as such in 1916 [ [http://www.goychay.az/articles.php?article_id=20060519064154995&page=06&lang=eng Goychay ] ] .
External Resources
Map of Goychay
References
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GEOnet Names Server
* [http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-26&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&pt=c&va=x World Gazetteer: Azerbaijan] – World-Gazetteer.com
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