"We also opened a substation today. I was informed that the total energy demand of the Zangilan district in Soviet times was only 7 megawatts because the population was not so large," President Ilham Aliyev said, speaking at the meeting with the Zangilan district general public on October 20, Report informs, citing AzerTag.
"Now we have built a substation of 50 megawatts, taking into account future development. The population has grown. Prior to the occupation, the population of Zangilan was slightly more than 30,000. It has now reached 45,000, and I am sure that all the people of Zangilan will come and settle here in such a beautiful place, in their homeland," the head of state said.