What is Sumgait?
{{Infobox settlement |official_name = Sumgait |native_name = Sumqayıt |settlement_type = City & Municipality |image_skyline= |imagesize= |image_seal = Sumqayit.png |seal_size = |pushpin_map = |pushpin_mapsize =300 |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Azerbaijan}} |subdivision_type1 = [[Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan|City]] |subdivision_name1 = Sumgait |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = Eldar Azizov |established_title = |established_date = |area_total_km2 = 83 |area_footnotes = |population_as_of = 2010 |population_total = 312000 |population_density_km2 = 3900 |timezone =[[Azerbaijan Time|AZT]] |utc_offset = +4 |timezone_DST =[[Azerbaijan Time|AZT]] |utc_offset_DST = +5 |coordinates = {{coord|40|35|23|N|49|40|07|E|region:AZ|display=inline,title}} |elevation_m = |area_code = |website = }} '''Sumgayit''' (also, '''Sumgait''' and '''Sumqayyt''') is one of the largest cities in [[Azerbaijan]]. It is near the [[Caspian Sea]] and about 31 kilometres away from the capital, [[Baku]]. There were 308,700 people in 2009. It was started on November 22, 1949.<ref name=exe>{{cite web |url=http://sumqayit-ih.gov.az/content.php?page=passport |title=Sumqayıt şəhər icra hakimiyyəti. Şəhərin pasportu |trans-title=Sumgayit Executive Power. Resume |accessdate=2010-12-29 |archive-date=2010-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101220062500/http://sumqayit-ih.gov.az//content.php?page=passport |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is home to [[Sumqayit State University]]. [[Sumgayit City F.C.]] plays in the [[Azerbaijan Premier League]]. == Notable people from Sumgayit== <!-- insert in alphabetical order --> * [[Ilham Zakiyev]], judoka, twice Paralympic, twice World & four times European Champion. * [[Rafael Aghayev]], karate * [[Shahin Imranov]], boxer, [[Beijing]] Olympic Games 2008 bronze m