Quba (also known as Guba and Kuba) is a rayon in northeastern Azerbaijan. The capital (Quba) is located on the Kudyal River at 41.37°N, 48.50°E.
The fertile region surrounding Quba is best known for its production of apples and the city area of Quba is known for its fine carpets.
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Demographics
- Azeris 78% (111.540)[citation needed]
- Lezgins 16% (22.800)[citation needed]
- Jews 4%(5.720)[citation needed]
- Other 2%(2.860)
Languages
Religion
General information
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| Total territory, [km2] | 2610.00 |
| Total number of population | 143100 |
| Number of villages | 155 |
| Number of settlements | 2 |
| Number of hospitals and medical enterprises | 16 |
| Number of culture centers | 194 |
Names of cities and big settlements
- Guba seher (city)
- Gonag kend (village)
- Gyrmyzy gesebe (settlement)
Names of border districts, countries and territories
Ismailly, Shamakhi, Gabala, Gusar, Khachmaz, Devechi, Khizi
History
Quba rose to prominence in the 18th century. In 1747, Nadir Shah ruler of the Persian Empire was assassinated. That same year, Hussein-Ali, the Shah's designated ruler of the region, decided to attempt to unify the Azeri khanates as an independent kingdom. One of his first moves was moving his capital from the less defensible Xudat in the Caspian lowlands to Quba where he built a fortress. Hussein-Ali died in 1757 and his son Fatali Khan carried on the expansion with Quba reaping the riches of its status as the capital. Some ruins from this period, such as Çirax Qala on the way to Baku, exist today.
However, upon Fatali Khan's death in 1789, the city's fortunes began to turn. In 1806, the khanate was occupied and soon absorbed by the Russian Empire. As a result the city fell into the background of Azerbaijani history and politics.
The city is home to several historic buildings, including the Juma Mosque (Cuma Məscid or Friday Mosque), Ardabil Mosque (Ərdəbil Məscid) and old hamman (baths).
The region is home to Azerbaijan's largest community of Mountain Jews in the community of Qyrmyzy QesebeKrasnaya Sloboda, located just across the river from Quba City.
Information on historical and architectural monuments
Ancient Guba contains at least 134 historical and archeological monuments. These include the temple of Fire-worshippers near Khynalyg village, tombs of Aghbil village dating back to the 16th century, the Mosques Sakinekhanum, Hadjy Djafar and Djuma of Guba which dates back to the 19th century, and the Gumbezli bath house.
The district also has a bust of the state official A.A. Bakikhanov, the monument of great poet Samed Vurghun and a statue of The Unknown Soldier, dedicated to the memory of those killed in the Great Patriotic War. for mre info "http://journeyrich.ucoz.com"
Noted residents
- Abbasgulu Bakikhanov (also spelled Bakixanov or Bakikhanli), a 19th century writer, historian and philosopher, is one of the most well known men in Azerbaijan and lived in town Amsar. His museum is located Quba city.
- Sakina Akhundzadeh, playwright, was born here in 1865
Quba Mass Grave Site
In the spring of 2007 a mass grave containing at least 200 skeletons was found on the edge of Quba City during constuction at the coccer stadium site. Archealogists from Baku excavated the site and constructed a temporary shelter to protect the skeletons and excavations.
Plans are being to developed to build a museum complex orund the mass grave to memorialize the loss.
Official English language sign posted infront of mass-grave(March 2009).
1.ON 1 April, 2007 a mass grave was opened in Guba while doing ground works. 2.As a result of the primary research carried out by the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan from 8 to 11 April 2007 it has been revealed that the site is a burial place of the local innocent civilians massacred by the Armenians in 1918. 3.To provide a more comlete explanation to the problem the Sciense Board of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan proposed thorough arcaeological investigations in the site. 4.A staff of seven researchers of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan have been investigating the place. The results of the research carried out in 2007. The first, main stage involved the archaeological investigation of the mass grave. The second stage was the investigation of the burial place from a historical point of view and on the basis of archive materials. The third stage included talking to the local residents,mainly the old people. The total area of the site is 500 square meters. were found. As a result of the archaeological excavations two wells and two channels filled withcorpses were found. All the victims bear signs of mutilation. Exhumations claimed that the victims were murdered cruelly and inhumanely-with dull instruments.The number of murdered were discovered by counting the skulls. It has been found out that all the remains of the mass grave belong to the Azerbaijanis and members of other ethnic minorities living compactly in Guba. Most of the skeletal human remains found in the mass grave are of children and women. Besides the wells, 200 skulls have been uncovered in the mass grave so far. -50 of them are of children of different ages -54 are of women and the rest belong to old people From a historical point of view and on the basis of archive materials is has been identified that in 1918,at the end of April a special “torture regiment”instructed by Stephan Shaumyan , the commissar of the then Soviet of People Commissars and Korganov , a military commissar was sent to Guba Region. Under the command of the Armenian general Hmazasp about 40 thousand civilianswere severely punished by the regiment. As a result of the ordeal only in Guba region 1800 children, about 2000 old men and women were murdered. Part of them was buried in the place where we have been carrying out our research. The research is still going on.
Population
- 1989 - 20,800
- 2004 - 42,300 (estimated)
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