Sabirabad (city)
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Sabirabad is a city in and the capital of the Sabirabad Rayon of Azerbaijan
. The city was renamed in honor of the poet Mirza Alekper Sabir.
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 city was renamed in honor of the poet Mirza Alekper Sabir.
Notable natives
- Lutfiyar ImanovLutfiyar ImanovLutfiyar Muslum oglu Imanov was an Azerbaijani opera singer .-Career:Lutfiyar Imanov started his career in the arts as a teenage actor at the Sabirabad State Drama Theatre. He graduated from the Zeynalli School of Music with a degree in vocal arts in 1957...
— Azerbaijani Soviet singer (dramatic tenor), People's Artist of USSR (1977).