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Sumqayit
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Sumqayit (sm'kīēt`) or Sumgait (smgīēt`), city (1989 pop. 231,104), E central Azerbaijan, on the Caspian Sea at the mouth of the Sumqayit River. Once a major industrial center, it became heavily polluted and most of its industries had closed by the early 1990s. It was founded in 1948.
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Marsh frogs inhabiting wetlands in Sumgayit are exposed to complex mixtures of chemical contaminants, including petroleum products, pesticides, heavy metals, and many other industrial chemicals.
Evolutionary toxicology: population-level effects of chronic ... by Bickham, John W. / Environmental Health Perspectives
Following the disintegration of the USSR the main dope developers (Masma in Kiev, Ukraine; Kuliyev plant in Baku, Azerbaijan), as well as potential manufacturers (in Drogobych, Ukraine; Pavlodar, Kazakhstan; Sumgayit, Azerbaijan) found themselves outside of Russia.
Energy security and armed forces fuel supply problems by Ocheretin, G.N. / Military Thought
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