Qaraçuxur

Municipality in Baku, Azerbaijan

40°23′48″N 49°58′25″E / 40.39667°N 49.97361°E / 40.39667; 49.97361Country

AzerbaijanCityBakuDistrictSuraxanı-SurakhaniPopulation

(2008)^[1]

• Total87,349Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT) • Summer (DST)UTC+5 (AZT)

Qaraçuxur (also spelled as, Gharachukhur, Imeni Kaganovicha, Kaganovich, Kaganovicha, Karachekhur, Karachukhur, Posëlok Imeni Kaganovicha, Serebovski, and Serebrovskiy) is a settlement and municipality in Baku, Azerbaijan.^{[citation needed]} It has a population of 87,349. The municipality consists of the settlements of Qaraçuxur.^[2]

There are 7 secondary schools, 1 gymnasium, 1 dental polyclinic, 1 medical unit and 1 hospital in the settlement.

Transportation

The Karachukhur Metro Station is planned in this area by Baku Metro in the future.

Notable natives

Namig Garachukhurlu (born 1978), singer-songwriter, meykhana, performer

References

^ World Gazetteer: Azerbaijan ^{[dead link]} – World-Gazetteer.com
^ "Belediyye Informasiya Sistemi" (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on September 24, 2008.