Barda, Azerbaijan

Barda
Bərdə
City & Municipality
Landmarks of Barda, from top left: Imamzadeh Mausoleum • Barda Mausoleum Ancient bridge • State Art Gallery Barda Juma Mosque • Barda Sports Center Sabir Garden Park
Landmarks of Barda, from top left:
Imamzadeh Mausoleum • Barda Mausoleum
Ancient bridge • State Art Gallery
Barda Juma Mosque • Barda Sports Center
Sabir Garden Park
Barda is located in Azerbaijan
Barda
Barda
Barda is located in Karabakh Economic Region
Barda
Barda
Coordinates: 40°22′28″N 47°07′36″E / 40.37444°N 47.12667°E / 40.37444; 47.12667
Country Azerbaijan
Elevation
76 m (249 ft)
Population
 • Total
41,277
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
Area code+994 2020

Barda (Azerbaijani: Bərdə ) is a city and the capital of the Barda District in Azerbaijan, located south of Yevlax and on the left bank of the Tartar river. It served as the capital of Caucasian Albania by the end of the 5th-century.[2][3] Barda became the chief city of the Islamic province of Arran, the classical Caucasian Albania, remaining so until the tenth century.[4]

  1. ^ World Gazetteer: Azerbaijan [dead link] – World-Gazetteer.com
  2. ^ Hoyland 2020, p. 280.
  3. ^ Gadjiev 2017, p. 124.
  4. ^ Bosworth 1988, pp. 779–780.

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