Pirəkəşkül

Perekeshkul
Perekeshkul
	Perekeshkul
	Coordinates: 40°28′56″N 49°35′30″E
Country	Azerbaijan
Rayon	Absheron
Municipality	Pirəkəşkül-Qobustan
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+5 (AZT)

Perekeshkul (also, Perekeşkül, Pirəkəşkül, Perekeshkul’, Perekischkjul, Perekishkyul’, and Pirekeshkyul’) is a village in the Absheron Rayon of Azerbaijan. The village forms part of the municipality of Pirəkəşkül-Qobustan.[1]

Perekeshkul is the site of a new missile base, opened on June 11, 2018, by President Ilham Aliyev.[2] The base houses Polonez-M and LORA missile systems.[2]

References

"Belediyye Informasiya Sistemi" (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on September 24, 2008.
O'Connor, Sean (July 10, 2018). "Spaceshot: Azerbaijan's new missile base – 40.490297 N 049.594878 E". Jane's Information Group.

Pirəkəşkül at GEOnet Names Server

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[1] "Belediyye Informasiya Sistemi" (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on September 24, 2008.

[ihs-2] O'Connor, Sean (July 10, 2018). "Spaceshot: Azerbaijan's new missile base – 40.490297 N 049.594878 E". Jane's Information Group.