Ganja, Azerbaijan

Ganja Gəncə
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Coordinates: 40°40′58″N 46°21′38″E
Country	Azerbaijan
Government
• Mayor	Elmar Valiyev
Area
• Total	110 km^2 (40 sq mi)
Elevation	408 m (1,339 ft)
Population  (2009)census data[1]
• Total	313,300
• Density	2,848/km^2 (7,380/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+4 (GMT+4)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+5 (GMT+5)
Website	www.ganca.net

Ganja is Azerbaijan's second-largest city. There are around 313,300 people.^[1][2][3] It was named Yelizavetpol in the Russian Empire period. The name is from the New Persian ganj which means treasure. It was likely started in the 5th century A.D.^[4]

Ganja International Airport is the only airport in the city.^[5]

Education

Ganja has four places for post-secondary education.

• Ganja State University
• Azerbaijan State Agricultural Academy
• Azerbaijan Technological University
• Azerbaijan Teachers Institute, Ganja Branch

References

1. The State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan
2. The Ganja State Historical-Cultural reserve^{[permanent dead link]}
3. В Азербайджане численность населения достигла 8 млн. 922 тыс. человек (in Russian)
4. "Encyclopædia Iranica, "Ganja", C. Edmund Bosworth". Archived from the original on 2011-08-23. Retrieved 2012-05-13.
5. Gəncə Beynəlxalq hava limanının açılış mərasimi (in Azerbaijani)