Çanaqçı, Gadabay

(Redirected from Ağamalı)

Çanaqçı (known as Ağamalı until 2011)[1] is a village and municipality in the Gadabay Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 1,571.

Çanaqçı
Municipality
Çanaqçı is located in Azerbaijan
Çanaqçı
Çanaqçı
Coordinates: 40°41′11″N 45°45′47″E / 40.68639°N 45.76306°E / 40.68639; 45.76306
Country Azerbaijan
RayonGadabay
Population
 • Total1,571
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5 (AZT)

It is located within 7 kilometers from the old Doukhobor-Molokan village of Slavyanka in the Lesser Caucasus Mountains along the river Misderesi. At the entrance to the village is a monument to residents who died in World War II.

It was named Ağamalı in 1929 in honour of Samad aga Agamalioglu. In 2011 the name was officially changed to Çanaqçı.

Social and economic institutions

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The municipality contains general secondary schools, a hospital, livestock farms, grocery stores, a bakery, a machine and tractor station, a local radio and phone unit.

References

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  1. ^ "Gədəbəy rayonunun bəzi ərazi vahidlərinin adlarının dəyişdirilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikasının Qanunu » Azərbaycan Prezidentinin Rəsmi internet səhifəsi".