Hajigabul Hacıqabul | |
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City and Municipality | |
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  Hajigabul | |
| Coordinates:40°02′36″N48°56′08″E / 40.04333°N 48.93556°E /40.04333; 48.93556 | |
| Country | Azerbaijan |
| District | Hajigabul |
| Population | |
• Total | 27 536 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+5 (AZT) |
Hajigabul (Azerbaijani:Hacıqabul) is a town, municipality and the capital ofHajigabul District ofAzerbaijan. It has a population of 23,512. The municipality consists of the city of Qazıməmməd and the village ofBalıqçı.[1]
It was named after a nearby eponymous lake; the name literally meansbitter lake inAzerbaijani.[2] It was grantedurban-type settlement status in 1934 and town status in 1938.[2] In 1939, the town was renamedKazi-Magomed (alternatively spelledQaziməmməd andQazıməmməd[citation needed]), after revolutionary Kazi Magomed Agasiyev.[2] The original name was restored in 2000.[citation needed]
Hajiqabul sits on one of the Azerbaijani primary rail lines running east–west connecting the capital,Baku, with the rest of the country. TheKars–Tbilisi–Baku railway will run along the line through the city. The railway provides both human transportation and transport of goods and commodities such as oil and gravel.
Hajiqabul's Central Railway Station is the terminus for national and international rail links to the city. The construction of the Kars–Tbilisi–Baku railway, which will directly connectTurkey, Georgia, andAzerbaijan, began in 2007 and is scheduled for completion in 2015.[3] The completed branch will connect the city withTbilisi in Georgia, and from there trains will continue toAkhalkalaki, andKars in Turkey.[4]
People are mainly employed in manufacturing and transportation and service sectors. The largest employer operating in Hajiqabul is Hajiqabul Industrial Park which includes Automobile Plant by AzerMash.
Azermash andUzAuto Motors are started building new car plant in Azerbaijan totaling nearly $52 mln. The groundbreaking ceremony took place on Monday, May 1, 2023 in the Hajigabul industrial quarter, Hajigabul district. The plant's capacity will be 30,000 vehicles per year. The plant will assemble, weld bodies and paint cars. Azermash CP is constructing the facility. Investments in the project are estimated at 88 million manat [$51.8 million at the current exchange rate]. More than 1,200 jobs will be created at the enterprise. The car plant is scheduled to be put into operation in May 2025. The manufactured cars will be sold on both the domestic market and will be exported.
