Sumqayıt

Sumgayit (Azerbaijani: Sumqayıt; Roushie: Сумгаит; an aa, Sumgait an Sumqayyt) is a ceety in Azerbaijan, locatit near the Caspian Sea, aboot 30 kilometres away frae the caipital, Baku. The ceety haes a population o 308,700 (2009 census), makin it the third-lairgest ceety in Azerbaijan efter the caipital Baku an Ganja. The ceety haes a territory o 83 km². It wis foondit on November 22, 1949. Twa settlements are athin the ceety admeenistration: Corat an a dounset named efter Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev. It is hame tae Sumqayit State University.

Internaitional relations

Twin touns — Brother ceeties

• Ludwigshafen, Germany^[1]
• Bari, Italy
• Genoa, Italy
• Cherkasy, Ukraine
• Zhuzhou, Cheenae
• Ceyhan, Turkey
• Rustavi, Georgie
• Mogilev, Belaroushie
• Nevinnomyssk, Roushie^[2]
• Piteşti, Romanie
• Aktau, Kazakhstan
• Linz, Austrick^[3]