Bankə

Municipality in Neftchala, Azerbaijan

39°25′12″N 49°14′51″E / 39.42000°N 49.24750°E / 39.42000; 49.24750Country

AzerbaijanRayonNeftchalaPopulation

(2008)^[1]

• Total7,574Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT) • Summer (DST)UTC+5 (AZT)

Bankə (also, Bank, Banka, Bankov, Imeni Kirova and Rybokombinat Imeni Kirova) is a village and the most populous municipality, except for the capital Neftçala, in the Neftchala Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 7,574.

Etymology

The city's name comes from Azerbaijani version of fishing bank.^[2]

References

^ World Gazetteer: Azerbaijan ^{[dead link]} – World-Gazetteer.com
^ "QARA KÜRÜ 17-ci ƏSRƏDƏK KASIB YEMƏYİ OLUB". musavat.com (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2014.

External links

Bankə at GEOnet Names Server
Gülər Abbasova (2016-12-08). "Tarixi Bankə - balıqçılıqdan kasıbçılığa" (in Azerbaijani). bbc.com. Archived from the original on 2016-12-08. Retrieved 2016-12-08.

Neftchala District

Capital: Neftçala

Towns