Cəlilabad

Jalilabad
City & Municipality
Jalilabad is located in Azerbaijan
Jalilabad
Jalilabad
Coordinates: 39°12′32″N 48°29′50″E / 39.20889°N 48.49722°E / 39.20889; 48.49722
Country Azerbaijan
DistrictJalilabad
Elevation
31 m (102 ft)
Population
 (2010[1])
 • Total
56,400
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Jalilabad (Azerbaijani: Cəlilabad (also, Astrakhanka, Astrakhan-Bazar until 1967 [2]) is a city in and the capital of the Jalilabad District of Azerbaijan. The city is named after Azerbaijani satirist and writer Jalil Mammadguluzadeh (1869-1932).

References

  1. ^ "2010 Demographic statistics according to the administrative divisions, The State Statistics Committee of the Azerbaijan Republic".
  2. ^ "Astrakhan-Bazar".