Sumgayit

Sumqayit lies on the northern side of the Abşeron
Peninsula. Founded in 1944 as a suburb of Baku and achieving city status in
1949, Sumqayit grew rapidly as a major chemical and metallurgical centre,
largely on the basis of petroleum from the peninsula. Its vast modern factories
produce aluminum, steel pipes for the oil industry, synthetic rubber,
fertilizers, detergents, and petrochemicals.