Ora Attuale a Ganja, Azerbaigian — AZT.

Ganja is Azerbaijan's second largest city, with a population of around 335,600. The city has been a historic and cultural center throughout most of its existence. It was the capital of the Ganja Khanate until 1804; after Qajar Iran ceded it to the Russian Empire following the Treaty of Gulistan in 1813, it became part of the administrative divisions of the Georgia Governorate, Georgia-Imeretia Governorate, Tiflis Governorate, and Elizavetpol Governorate. Following the dissolution of the Russian Empire and the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic, it became a part of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, followed by the Azerbaijan SSR, and, since 1991, the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Distance-wise, Ganja is closest to Dubai (~1,909 km), London (~3,710 km), Singapore (~7,224 km); Sydney is the far end at roughly 13,526 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.

Ganja sits inside Azerbaigian — the Western Asia subregion, capital Baku, languages Azerbaijani, currency AZN (₼).

Around Ganja, the nearest mapped reference cities are Göygöl (11 km), Shamkhor (33 km), Mingachevir (60 km), Terter (61 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for AZT planning.

Closest curated airport references from Ganja: GYD Baku (312 km).

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