Nabran

Nabran is a municipality located in the Khachmaz region which is located in Khachmaz Rayon of Azerbaijan, close to the Russia-Azerbaijan border.[1] It has a population of 300,000. The municipality consists of the following villages Nabran, Dalğalı, Turist, Meşəli, Günəşli, Samurçay, and Şimal.[2] Nabran is the largest region within the Khachmaz Rayon.[3] Nabran is a 3-hour drive from the capital of Azerbaijan, Baku, and is located on the Caspian seashore in a subtropical forestland.[4] The settlement covers several kilometers.

Nabran
Municipality
Atlant leisure facility in Nabran
Atlant leisure facility in Nabran
Nabran is located in Azerbaijan
Nabran
Nabran
Coordinates: 41°45′44″N 48°41′52″E
Country Azerbaijan
DistrictKhachmaz
Population
 • Total1,313
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5 (AZT)

Tourism

The village is located in a northeast part of Azerbaijan on the bank of the Caspian Sea and is surrounded by forest. Nabran has a resort zone, and tourists are attracted by the climate, which remains moderate throughout the year: it is dry and warm in summer and wet in winter, but it is not especially frosty.

Nature
One of the forests in Nabran

The forested area which is immediately intertwined with the sandy beach is rich with unique trees particular to this area.[5][6] In the background, the forests merge with Mount Shahdagh of Greater Caucasus Mountain range.[1] Due to absence of manufacturing industry and low population density, the sea water is clean compared to heavily industrialized Absheron Peninsula.[1] Nabran area is rich with clean drinking water flowing from Mount Shahdagh. In the early 1900s, at Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev's initiative, a project was started with an intention to pump the clean drinking water from the area to Baku. The pipe would start from Shollar village and travel south to Hacı Zeynalabdin village (formerly known as "Nasosnaya" meaning pumping station in Russian) in the vicinity of Baku where it would be pumped to the higher ground on which Baku is located. The project was completed in 1917.[7]

Recreational facilities
Nabran Beach

Nabran is rich with many recreation facilities offering a wide variety of services from upscale accommodations, athletic activities, children camps to music entertainment.[8][9] Most of the accommodations are 2-story cottages or town houses.[10] The variety of tourists includes domestic visitors, tourists from Russia and expats working in the capital Baku.[1] Throughout the history of the area, Nabran served as the resort for oil workers of State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic. The company still has two tourist hostels.[11] In 2009, Nabran tourism expansion project was started in order to create more facilities for increasing tourism in the area. A planned amount for the project is $110 million.[12]

  • One of resorts in Nabran
    One of resorts in Nabran
  • Nabran forest next to sandy beach
    Nabran forest next to sandy beach
  • Atlant leisure facility
    Atlant leisure facility

References
  1. "Azerbaijan 24 - Nabran". Archived from the original on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
  2. "Belediyye Informasiya Sistemi" (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on September 24, 2008.
  3. "go-to.az - Nabran". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
  4. "Êóðîðò Íàáðàíü". Archived from the original on 6 August 2010. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
  5. "Íàáðàíü - ïîñ¸ëîê ãîðîäñêîãî òèïà". Retrieved 20 May 2010.
  6. "Palma Beach Resort - Nabran". Retrieved 20 May 2010.
  7. Salahov, Elxan (25 August 2008). ""Şollar" kəmərindən kimlər su içir?". lent.az. Baku. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
  8. "ÃÓÁÀ-ÕÀ×ÌÀÇ ÂÈËÀßÒÈ. ÍÀÁÐÀÍÜ". Archived from the original on 16 March 2010. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
  9. Muradkhanli, Aygun (23 June 2009). "Uşaqlara böyüklərsiz istirahət". Azadliq radio. Baku. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
  10. "Advant-tour - Nabran". Archived from the original on 9 January 2010. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
  11. ""Geofizik" və "Nabran" istirahət zonaları neftçiləri və onların ailə üzvlərini qəbul etməyə hazırdır". SOCAR. Baku. 19 June 2009. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
  12. "Nabranda yeni kurort mərkəzi inşa olunacaq". Ayna.az. Baku. 19 December 2009. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
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