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Sheki Region

district in Azerbaijan

28km

41.147

Sheki

City in Azerbaijan

32km

41.19947.1674

Göygöl National Park

About 25 km further afield from Ganja, near Toğanalı. A hiking and leisure destination, whose lake was formed during a strong earthquake in 1139.

108km

40.40583346.3225

Vank

small town close to the monastery of Gandzasar, one of Karabakh's top attractions. Also known for a hotel in the shape of a boat with a zoo, and the wall of license plates.

122km

40.05777846.545556

Kakheti

mkhare

137km

41.7545.716666

Martuni

(Khojavend) — a small town near the small historically important Amaras Monastery

138km

39.79527847.113056

Tbilisi

capital city of Georgia

239km

41.716744.7833
Sights (6)

Tigranakert of Artsakh

It's a ruined Armenian city dating back to the Hellenistic period. It is one of the four former cities with the same name, named in honor of the Armenian king Tigranes the Great (95–55 BC). Town consisted of 3 parts: part with palaces was at the top, then - central quarter, and Acropolis - at the bottom, all together forming a little triangle.

114km

40.0652777846.90583333

Agdam Mosque

121km

39.9833333346.93333333

Askeran Fortress

Fortress was built by Panahi Khan in the 18th century to guard the approaches to Shushi, it was fortified with double walls. Its protective walls (2 m thick and 9 m height), entrance gate and tower are quite well preserved.

125km

39.933346.8317

Ghazanchetsots Cathedral

141km

39.75881946.747883

Gandzasar monastery

141km

39.75881946.747883

Shusha

city in Nagorno Karabakh

141km

39.7583333346.74833333
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Qax

Qax, Qakh, also Kakhi (კახი) or sometimes Gakh is a town in Azerbaijan's Qakh Region. It is at the foot of the southern slope of the Greater Caucasus, on the river Kurhumchai.

Culture and Tourism Department of the district was organized in 1949 as the Department of Culture. The first head of the department was Hajiyev Abdurakhman. In 2006, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism was established on the basis of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan with the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev dated 30 January 2006. At present the network of the Department of Culture and Tourism has 96 enterprises and 1 monument guards. 49 libraries, 23 culture houses, 17 clubs, Heydar Aliyev Center, 2 museums (History Linguistics Museum, I. Dagestani memorial museum), Ilisu Historical Culture Reserve, Painting Gallery and Art School, totally 506 employees.

The area of the region occupies 1,494 km (577 sq mi) and borders Russia on the north, Georgia on the west. It also shares the internal boundaries with Zaqatala Rayon in the northwest, Yevlakh and Samukh regions in the south and Shaki region in the east.

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Climate

Average temperatures

Jan

3°C-6
Precipitation: 47 mm

Feb

9°C-5
Precipitation: 43 mm

Mar

15°C-5
Precipitation: 59 mm

Apr

18°C-7
Precipitation: 65 mm

May

22°C2
Precipitation: 88 mm

Jun

29°C15
Precipitation: 78 mm

Jul

31°C20
Precipitation: 69 mm

Aug

31°C17
Precipitation: 23 mm

Sep

28°C15
Precipitation: 83 mm

Oct

20°C9
Precipitation: 78 mm

Nov

13°C-2
Precipitation: 47 mm

Dec

7°C-5
Precipitation: 40 mm
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