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Khyrdalan
City & Municipality
Azerbaijani: Xırdalan
Khyrdalan
Coordinates: 40°26′55″N 49°45′23″E / 40.44861°N 49.75639°E / 40.44861; 49.75639
Country	Azerbaijan
District	Absheron
City Status	2006
Area
• Total	47 km2 (18 sq mi)
Elevation	50 m (160 ft)
Population  (2020)
• Total	100,900
• Density	2,100/km2 (5,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)
Postal code	AZ 0100
Area code	12
Vehicle registration	01

Xırdalan (Khyrdalan) is a city, municipality and the capital of the Absheron District of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 95,200.^[1] Khyrdalan is home of country's biggest brewery Baltika Baku, previously known as Khyrdalan .^[2] A monument to Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was erected in 2007 in the city. Similarly, a statue of Heydar Aliyev was erected in Cairo in 2008.^[3] In the wake of the 2011 Egyptian protests, the Azerbaijani opposition, led by the Musavat Party, demanded the demolition of the statue, calling it a "worship of idols".^[4] On 8 June 2011, the statue was taken down following Mubarak's resignation.^[5]

On 29 November 2006, the settlement gained city status after its approval by the National Assembly of Azerbaijan.^[6]

Transportation

Baku suburban railway

Notable natives

• Nabi Khazri — poet, novelist and playwright, People's Poet of Azerbaijan SSR (1984).^[7]

References

External links

• Xırdalan (as Khyrdalan) at GEOnet Names Server

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