Fun fact 2 about Sumqayit
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Sumgait was named as the most polluted place on Earth by the Blacksmith Institute in 2006.
Sumqayit
Azerbaijan
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Sumqayit
Azerbaijan
Country
Azerbaijan
Population
346.7K
Coordinates
40.59, 49.67
Sumgait, officially Sumqayit; ; is a city in Azerbaijan, located near the Caspian Sea, on the Absheron Peninsula, about 31 kilometres away from the capital Baku. The city had a population of 427,000 at the beginning of 2024, making it the second largest city in Azerbaijan after Baku.
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