Shabran | |
Settlement Type: | City & Municipality |
Native Name: | Şabran |
Pushpin Map: | Azerbaijan |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Azerbaijan |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Shabran |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1961 |
Area Total Km2: | 8.4 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Total: | 23248 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | AZT |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +5 |
Coordinates: | 41.2114°N 48.9861°W |
Elevation M: | 33 |
Area Code: | +994 115 |
Shabran (Azerbaijani: Şabran) is a city in and the capital of the Shabran District of Azerbaijan.
Known as Davachi (Azerbaijani: Dəvəçi) until 2010, Shabran received city status in 1961. The name of Shabran comes from an historic medieval town of the same name that was a port some 15km further north.[2]
The officially registered population of Shabran in 2010 was 23,248. Azerbaijanis and Tats are the largest ethnic groups.