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Place details
- Locality
- Qusar
- Region
- Qusar District
- Country
- Azərbaycan
- Population
- 16,022
- Timezone
- Asia/Baku
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- Azerbaijan
- District
- Qusar
- Region
- Europe
- Elevation
- 667 m (2,188 ft)
- Total
- 21,341
- Time zone
- UTC+4 ( AZT )
- Area code
- +994 2338
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Qusar
- Population
- 16500
- Elevation
- 667
- Official website
- qusar-ih.gov.az
- Image
- General view or Qusar city in November 2025 (41317).jpg
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- Commons category
- Qusar
- postal code
- AZ 3800
- native label
- Qusar
- P12749
- Gerhard Schröder
via Wikidata · CC0
Travel guide
Understand
Qusar is located in Northeastern Azerbaijan. It is the city center of the Qusar rayon. Khachmaz rayon borders its eastern border. Quba rayon is to the south, and Gabala rayon shares a small border portion between Russia and Quba rayon. Russia forms it northern border. Qusar rayon holds a population of 82500 people many of which are ethnic Lezgins. This is also true for the city. Lezgins are a proud people with a rich heritage from centuries of living in the Greater Caucasus Mountains.
Their traditions are often similar to those of Azeris, but they have stylistic differences in food and dance. They have their own language. This can often be heard in surrounding small, isolated towns as the predominate language. Many people in Gusar can speak Lezgi, the official language is Azeri, but most people speak Russian as their second or third language. You can find English speakers, but it is rare. As a foreigner, it will be assumed that you speak Russian.
Gusar is nested in the Greater Caucasus Mountains. Winter temperatures often plummet below freezing. Summers are mild and a very popular place for those living in Baku.
See
Shahdag: located nearby is Shahdag (King Mountain) which is the highest point in Azerbaijan (4243 meters).
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Article
Qusar (also Ktsar, Gusar; Azerbaijani: Qusar Azerbaijani pronunciation: [gu'saɾ], Lezgian: Кцlар Lezgian pronunciation: [k'tsaɾ]) is the capital of Qusar District, Azerbaijan. Qusar is located in the foothills of the Greater Caucasus, over the Qusarchay River, 35 kilometers southwest from Khudat railway station and about 180 km from Baku.
Etymology