İsmayıllı
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Ismayilly İsmayıllı |
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| City & Municipality | |
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 Ismayilly
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| Coordinates: 40°47′24″N 48°09′07″E / 40.79000°N 48.15194°E | |
| Country |
 Azerbaijan
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| Rayon | Ismailli |
| Established | 1967 |
| Government | |
| • Head of Executive Power | Mubariz Basmachi |
| Elevation | 657 m (2,156 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 14,805 |
| Time zone | AZT (UTC+4) |
| • Summer (DST) | AZT (UTC+5) |
| Area code(s) | +994 178 |
| Website | [1] |
Coordinates: 40°47′24″N 48°09′07″E / 40.79000°N 48.15194°E
Ismayilly (Azerbaijani: İsmayıllı) is a town and capital of the Ismailli Rayon of Azerbaijan. Population 14,435 (2008).
The political and economic life of İsmayıllı is dominated by local representatives and clients of the Azerbaijani strongman Ilham Aliyev such as the local governor of Ismailli Rayon Nizami Alekperov. In January, 2013 rioting broke out after a client of the ruling party from Baku became involved in a fight with a local taxi driver after a traffic accident. The businessman from Baku owned a hotel rumored to contain a brothel controlled by Governor Nizami Alekperov. A mob of several thousand local citizens defended the driver, rioted, burned the hotel and attacked the residences of the governor and his son. Police fought back with water cannons and scores were arrested.
There are of enterprises such as light and food industries, asphalt plant in Ismayilli. There has been found and obtained granite in the mountains near to Ismayilli. The rayon has a strong agriculture. A kolkhoz named after Kalinin and located in Ivanovka village is famous for its achievements and has a broad fame beyond the borders of Azerbaijan.
Besides that there is a workshop producing kalaghai (national headscarf) in Basgal, pharmaceutical LLC “Shafa-T”, four milk enterprises, a workshop producing table water, some private carpet weaving workshops and also some little and middle enterprises in Ismayilli.
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