Kürdəmir

For the administrative division, see Kurdamir Rayon.

Kürdəmir
City and municipality

Kürdəmir
Coordinates: 40°20′18″N 48°09′39″E / 40.33833°N 48.16083°E / 40.33833; 48.16083
Country	Azerbaijan
Rayon	Kurdamir
Established	1938
Elevation	-9 m (−30 ft)
Population (2010)^[1]
• Total	19,088
Time zone	AZT (UTC+4)
• Summer (DST)	AZT (UTC+5)
Area code(s)	+994 145

Kurdamir (Azerbaijani: Kürdəmir), is a town in and the capital of the Kurdamir Rayon of Azerbaijan.

Transport

Rail

Kars–Tbilisi–Baku railway will directly connect the city with Turkey and Georgia.

Kurdamir sits on one of the Azerbaijani primary rail lines running East-West connecting the capital, Baku, with the rest of the country. The Kars–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.

Kurdamir's Central Railway Station is the terminus for national and international rail links to the city. The Kars–Tbilisi–Baku railway, which will directly connect Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan, began to be constructed in 2007 and is scheduled for completion in 2015.^[2] The completed branch will connect the city with Tbilisi in Georgia, and from there trains will continue to Akhalkalaki, and Kars in Turkey.^[3]

References

↑ World Gazetteer: Azerbaijan – World-Gazetteer.com
↑ "Azerbaijani FM: Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railroad to be built in 2012". trend.az. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
↑ Railway Gazette International February 2009 p54 with map

External links

Kürdəmir at GEOnet Names Server

Kurdamir Rayon

Capital: Kürdəmir

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Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan

Districts (Raions)	Absheron Agdam Agdash Aghjabadi Agstafa Agsu Astara Babek Balakan Barda Beylagan Bilasuvar Dashkasan Fizuli Gadabay Goranboy Goychay Goygol Hajigabul Imishli Ismailli Jabrayil Jalilabad Julfa Kalbajar Kangarli Khachmaz Khizi Khojaly Khojavend Kurdamir Lachin Lankaran Lerik Masally Neftchala Oghuz Ordubad Qabala Qakh Qazakh Gobustan Quba Qubadli Qusar Saatly Sabirabad Sadarak Salyan Samukh Shabran Shakhbuz Shaki Shamakhi Shamkir Sharur Shusha Siazan Tartar Tovuz Ujar Yardymli Yevlakh Zangilan Zaqatala Zardab

Cities	Baku Ganja Khankendi Lankaran Mingachevir Naftalan Nakhchivan City Shaki Shirvan Sumqayit Shusha Yevlakh

Towns	Agdam Agdash Aghjabadi Aghstafa Agsu Astara Babek Balakan Barda Beylagan Bilasuvar Dashkasan Füzuli Gadabay Goranboy Goychay Goygol Hajiqabul Imishli Ismayilly Jabrayil Jalilabad Julfa Kalbajar Khachmaz Khizi Khojavend Khojaly Khirdalan Kurdamir Lachin Lerik Masally Neftchala Oghuz Ordubad Gabala Qakh Gazakh Gobustan Quba Qubadli Qusar Saatly Sabirabad Salyan Shabran Shahbuz Shamakhi Shamkir Sharur Siyazan Tartar Tovuz Ujar Yardymly Zəngilan Zaqatala Zardab

Names in italics indicate parts of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic

Coordinates: 40°20′18″N 48°09′39″E / 40.33833°N 48.16083°E / 40.33833; 48.16083

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