Ganja

Ganja is a city in the Ganja Region of northwestern Azerbaijan. As a historic city, Ganja was the seat of the Atabegs, and later, its khanate under Persian suzerainty. Wikivoyage

Population 328,800 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Azerbaijan

• 101FireFire
• 102AnyAll emergencies
• 103AmbulanceAmbulance
• 112AnyAll emergencies

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Azerbaijan

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

• Alexander Nevski Church Attraction · 520 m
• Heydər Əliyev Heykəli Memorial · 280 m
• Museum of History Museum · 380 m
• Bottle house Attraction · 430 m
• Nizami Ganjavi Statue Memorial · 790 m

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Getting around

• Ganja 3.5 km
• Yevlax yeni avtovoğzal - main bus station 3.9 km

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