Gilgilçay
Municipality in Siazan, Azerbaijan
41°08′39″N 49°05′12″E / 41.14417°N 49.08667°E / 41.14417; 49.08667[citation needed]
Gilgilçay (also, Gil’gil’chay) is a village and municipality in the Siazan Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 959.
Gilgilchay Wall
The Gilgilchay defensive wall was built by the Sasanian Empire (488-531). The defensive line were constructed using a combination of mud brick, stone blocks, and baked bricks, and stretched from the shore of the Caspian Sea to the Babadag mountains in the west.[1] Not far from the Gilgilchay wall is the Shabran wall, located near Shabran village.[2]
References
- Gilgilçay at GEOnet Names Server
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Siyazan District
Capital: Siyazan
- Agasibeyli
- Ağbash
- Allahyarlı
- Ashaga Fyndygan
- Balaca Həmyə
- Beşdam
- Böyük Həmyə
- Çarxana
- Cəndəhar
- Dağ Quşçu
- Daşlı Çalğan
- Dərə Zarat
- Əlixanlı
- Əlməkolu
- Ərziküş
- Eynibulaq
- Giləzi
- Gilgilçay
- Güneşlı
- Hacışəkər
- Hişgədərə
- Keş
- Köhnə Quşçu
- Kolanı
- Künövşə
- Məşrif
- Müşkülqazma
- Nardaran
- Orta Çalğan
- Palkhash
- Qalaaltı
- Qalaşıxı
- Qaragöz
- Qərəh
- Qozağacı
- Sağolcan
- Sədan
- Siyəzən
- Takyaliakty
- Tuğay
- Xəndək
- Yanıq Ələz
- Yenikənd
- Yuxarı Ələz
- Zarat
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