Əngəlan is a village in the Khizi Rayon or Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...

. The village forms part of the municipality of Tıxlı

Tixli

Tıxlı is a village and municipality in the Khizi Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 546. The municipality consists of the villages of Tıxlı, Qars, Əngilan, and Təzəkənd....

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Before the breakup of the Soviet Union, it was a village in Khizi Selsoviet

Selsoviet

Selsoviet is a shortened name for a rural council. The full names for the term are, in , , . Selsoviets were the lowest level of administrative division in rural areas in the Soviet Union...

 under jurisdiction of the city of Sumqayit

Sumqayit

Sumgayit is one of the largest cities in Azerbaijan, located near the Caspian Sea, about 31 kilometres away from the capital, Baku. The city has a population of 308,700 , making it the third-largest city in Azerbaijan after the capital Baku and Ganja. The city has a territory of 83 km². It...

 of Azerbaijan SSR, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from Khizi

Khizi

Khizi is the least-populous rayon of Azerbaijan. Its capital is the village of Xızı. The rayon has a remarkable variety of landscapes. On the flat Caspian coast there are irrigated cattle and chicken-breeding lowlands around Shurabad. West of Giläzi, the Xızı road climbs gently through stripily...

, the administrative center of the selsoviet. Two smaller villages: Ashaga Angelan

Ashaga Angelan

Ashaga Angelan is a village in the Khizi Rayon of Azerbaijan....

 ("Lower Angelan") and Yukhary Angelan

Yukhary Angelan

Yukhary Angelan is a village in the Khizi Rayon of Azerbaijan....

("Upper Angelan) appeared.