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*98%が[[アゼルバイジャン人]]
*99%が[[ムスリム]]
== Economy ==
As of 2008, Mingachevir fish farm functions in the city, which farms three types of fishes, including [[carp]], [[Silver Carp|silver carp]] and [[sturgeon]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Bayramova|first1=Jeyran|title=Gone Fishing to Mingechevir -Saving the Sturgeon-|url=http://www.visions.az/business,390/|website=www.visions.az|accessdate=13 November 2014}}</ref>
===Reservoir and hydroelectric power station===
[[File:Mingachevir Reservoir, Azerbaijan.JPG|thumbnail|View of [[Mingachevir reservoir]] from satellite.]]
The construction of the [[Mingachevir Dam]] creating the [[Mingachevir reservoir]] and [[Mingachevir Hydro Power Plant]] was completed in 1953.<ref name="minecol">{{cite web|title=Rivers, Lakes and Reservoirs of Azerbaijan Republic |url=http://www.eco.gov.az/en/hid-chay-gol-suanbar.php|publisher=[[Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources (Azerbaijan)]]|accessdate=11 June 2014}}</ref> The hydroelectric power stations soil dam, whose total capacity is 15.6 cubic kilometers of water, is one of the highest dams in Europe that was constructed through sprinkling.<ref>[http://www.ebrdrenewables.com/sites/renew/Lists/Projects/DispForm.aspx?ID=266&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eebrdrenewables%2Ecom%2Fsites%2Frenew%2Fcountries%2FAzerbaijan%2Fdefault%2Easpx Mingachevir Hydro Power Plant]</ref> The length of the reservoir is 70 km, width from 3 to 18 km, deepest point about 75 meters and total area 605 km².
Apart from the River Kur, the reservoir feeds two channels of the 172 km-long Upper Qarabag Channel and the 123 km-long Upper Sirvan Channel. These channels are used to irrigate 10,000 square kilometres of area in the steppes of Mil, Mugan and Sirvan. The Varvara reservoir and the Varvara hydroelectric power station are in 20 km east from the Mingechevir reservoir on the River Kur. The volume of the Varvara hydroelectric power station's energy blocks is 16 MW.
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