Gilgilçay | |
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Municipality | |
Coordinates: 41°08′39″N 49°05′12″E / 41.14417°N 49.08667°E | |
Country | Azerbaijan |
Rayon | Siazan |
Population | |
• Total | 959 |
Time zone | UTC+4 ( AZT) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+5 ( AZT) |
Gilgilçay (also, Gil’gil’chay) is a village and municipality in the Siazan Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 959.
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]