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Yevlakh

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Yevlax
Coat of arms of Yevlax
Country Azerbaijan
CityYevlakh (city)
Population
 (2008)
 • Total56,726
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5 (AZT)
Yevlakh Train Station

Yevlakh is a small city in Azerbaijan. It is 265 km west of capital Baku. It is in the Yevlakh Rayon but is separate. The name is from an Old Turkic word meaning 'swampy place.'[1] It was the birthplace of Pavel Florensky.

References

  1. E.M. Pospelov, Geograficheskie nazvaniya mira (Moscow, 1998), p. 149.