In what part of the Absheron Peninsula did Eldar Gasimov host a 2012 song contest?
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Eldar Gasimov Eldar "Ell" Parviz oglu Gasimov (Azerbaijani: "Eldar Pərviz oğlu Qasımov" ; born 4 June 1989) is an Azerbaijani singer who successfully represented Azerbaijan at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in the music duo Ell & Nikki with Nigar Jamal. He co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 held in Baku, Azerbaijan with Leyla Aliyeva and Nargiz Birk-Petersen.
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Baku Baku ( , ; Azerbaijani: "Bakı" , ] ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located 28 m below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world and also the largest city in the world located below sea level. It is located on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, alongside the Bay of Baku. At the beginning of 2009, Baku's urban population was estimated at just over two million people. Officially, about 25 percent of all inhabitants of the country live in Baku's metropolitan area.
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Yanar Dag Yanar Dag (Azerbaijani: "Yanar Dağ" , meaning "burning mountain") is a natural gas fire which blazes continuously on a hillside on the Absheron Peninsula on the Caspian Sea near Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan (a country which itself is known as "the Land of Fire"). Flames jet into the air 3 m from a thin, porous sandstone layer. Administratively, Yanar Dag belongs to Absheron District of Azerbaijan.
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Alexander Rybak Alexander Igoryevich Rybak ("Alyaksandr Iharavich Rybak"; born 13 May 1986) is a Belarusian-Norwegian singer-composer, violinist, pianist, actor. Representing Norway in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow, Russia, Rybak won the contest with 387 points—the highest tally any country has achieved in the history of Eurovision under the old voting system—with "Fairytale", a song he wrote and composed. His debut album, "Fairytales", charted in the top 20 in nine European countries, including a No. 1 position in Norway and Russia. Rybak made a return to Eurovision in 2012 and 2016, playing the violin during both interval acts.
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Artyom, Russia Artyom or Artem (Russian: Артём ; ] ) is a city in Primorsky Krai, Russia, located in the north of the Muravyov-Amursky Peninsula. Population:  (2010 Census) ;  (2002 Census) ;  (1989 Census)
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Taman Peninsula The Taman Peninsula (Russian: Тама́нский полуо́стров , "Tamanskiy poluostrov"), a peninsula in the present-day Krasnodar Krai of Russia, borders on the north with the Sea of Azov, on the west with the Strait of Kerch and on the south with the Black Sea. The area has evolved over the past two millennia from a chain of islands into today's peninsula. In ancient times the Pontic Greek colonies of Hermonassa and Phanagoria stood on the peninsula, as did the later city of Tmutarakan.
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Mikhailov Peninsula The Mikhailov Peninsula (Russian "Poluostrov Mikhailova") is a small peninsula in the eastern shores of the Kara Sea on the western side of the Taymyr Peninsula. Its latitude is 75° 05' N and its longitude 87° 15' E.
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Kyrgyzstan in the Bala Turkvision Song Contest The participation of Kyrgyzstan in the Bala Turkvision Song Contest first began in Istanbul, Turkey, at the inaugural Bala Turkvision Song Contest in 2015. Kyrgyz Television (KTRK) have been responsible for the selection process of their participants, since their debut in 2015. Aydin Nurdinov was the first representative for Kyrgyzstan at the Bala Turkvision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Kyrgyz Biy", which finished in fourth place out of thirteen participating entries, achieving a score of one-hundred and eleven points. As of Bala Turkvision 2015, Kyrgyzstan have awarded the most points to Găgăuzia , Kazakhstan , and Ukraine . They have received the most points from Albania , Belarus , Găgăuzia , Kazakhstan , and Ukraine .
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Parkove Parkove (Ukrainian: Паркове ; Russian: Парковое ; Crimean Tatar: Yañı Küçükköy ) is an urban-type settlement in the Yalta Municipality of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a territory recognized by a majority of countries as part of Ukraine and annexed by Russia as the Republic of Crimea.
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Rybachy Peninsula Rybachy Peninsula (Russian: полуо́стров Рыба́чий , "poluostrov Rybachy"; Northern Sami: "Giehkirnjárga" ; Norwegian: "Fiskerhalvøya" ; Finnish: "Kalastajasaarento" ) is the northernmost part of continental European Russia. Its name is translated as "Fisher Peninsula". It is connected with the Sredny Peninsula, "Middle Peninsula" by a thin isthmus. So the peninsula is in fact nearly completely surrounded by water. Administratively, it is included into Pechengsky District of Murmansk Oblast and is within several hours of ride from Murmansk.
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Murmansk Murmansk (Russian: Му́рманск ; ] ; Kildin Sami: ; Northern Sami: "Murmánska" ; Skolt Sami: "Muurman" ) is a port city and the administrative center of Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located in the extreme northwest part of Russia, on the Kola Bay, an inlet of the Barents Sea on the northern shore of the Kola Peninsula, close to Russia's borders with Norway and Finland. The city is named for the Murman Coast; Murman is an older Russian term for Norwegians.
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Chilov Chilov (Azerbaijani: "Çilov adası" , also spelt Zhiloy and Jiloi) is an island off the Absheron Peninsula, 55 km east of Baku.
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Beer in Azerbaijan Beer in Azerbaijan is typified by lighter lagers. Of the domestically produced beers, the most widely distributed is Xirdalan, formerly brewed by Baki-Castel (BGI) but bought by Baltika in 2008. As a sponsor of Baku's Eurovision Song Contest, Xirdalan issued special commemorative Eurovision cans and bottles in 2012. Other relatively widespread brands include Novxanı (brewed by Bakı-Praqa) and draft-only NZS. Beer drinking is growing in popularity in Azerbaijan. Unlike almost all CIS countries, the beer bottles in Azerbaijan are marked with excise duty sticker.
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Gasan, Azerbaijan Gasan is a village in the Absheron Rayon of Azerbaijan.
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Abshar, Afghanistan Abshar is a village in Badghis Province in north western Afghanistan.
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Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi (Ukrainian: Білгород-Дністровський , Romanian: "Cetatea Albă" ), formerly known as Akkerman (see naming section below), is a city and port situated on the right bank of the Dniester Liman (on the Dniester estuary leading to the Black Sea) in Odessa Oblast of southwestern Ukraine, in the historical region of Bessarabia. Administratively, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi is incorporated as a town of oblast significance. It also serves as the administrative center of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion, one of twenty-six districts of Odessa Oblast, though it is not a part of the district. It is a location of a big freight seaport. Population:  (2015 est.)
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Heracles Peninsula Heracles Peninsula (Ukrainian: Гераклійський півострів , Russian: Гераклейский полуостров ) is a triangular headland in Black Sea at the southwestern portion of Crimea. It is distinguished by its northern edge at the Bay of Sevastopol (continuing by Chorna River) and its eastern edge at the Balaklava Bay (including the Valley of Balaklava). Most of the peninsula is heavily urbanized and occupied by the city of Sevastopol.
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Sudak Municipality Sudak City Municipality (Ukrainian: Судацька міськрада , Russian: Судакский горсовет , Crimean Tatar: Sudaq şeer şurası ), officially "the territory governed by the Sudak city council" is one of the 25 regions of the Crimean peninsula, currently subject to a territorial dispute between the Russian Federation and Ukraine. Population:  (2014 Census)
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Mykolaiv Mykolaiv (Ukrainian: Микола́їв , "Mykolajiv " ] ), also known as Nikolaev or Nikolayev (from Russian: Никола́ев , "Nikolajev " ] ), is a city in southern Ukraine, the administrative center of the Mykolaiv Oblast. Mykolaiv is arguably the main shipbuilding center of the Black Sea. Aside from three shipyards within the city, there are a number of research centers specializing in shipbuilding such as the State Research and Design Shipbuilding Center, Zoria-Mashproekt and others. The city has a population of  (2015 est.) .
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Lökbatan Mud Volcano Lökbatan Mud Volcano (Azerbaijani: "Lökbatan palçıq vulkanı" ), also known as Lok-Batan Mud Cone, is a mud volcano located in Absheron peninsula in the Absheron District of Azerbaijan. The mud volcano erupted in 1977 and again, on October 10, 2001, when it produced large flames many tens of meters high. The area since 1998 submitted to UNESCO's World Heritage Site tenative list.
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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013 The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013 was the 11th annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Kiev, Ukraine on 30 November 2013. The venue for the contest was announced on 10 April 2013, as the Palace "Ukraine". Ukrainian broadcaster National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU) was the host broadcaster for the event. It was the second time the contest was held in Kiev, the first being the 2009 contest . It was also the second time in the history of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest that the event took place in last year's winning country, as well as the first time that the event was held in the same city twice. A total of twelve countries participated, with Macedonia and Malta making a return, and Albania , Belgium and Israel choosing to withdraw. San Marino made their debut in the contest. Cyprus was originally the thirteenth country to take part but pulled out the last minute.
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Massandra Massandra or Masandra (Ukrainian: Масандра ; Russian: Массандра ; Crimean Tatar: Massandra ) is an urban-type settlement in the Yalta Municipality of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a territory recognized by a majority of countries as part of Ukraine and incorporated by Russia as the Republic of Crimea. Population:  (2014 Census)