Corat (Ҹорат, جورات; also Jorat and Dzhorat) is a town and municipality in Sumqayit, Azerbaijan. Corat is located on the shore of the Caspian Sea. The village of Corat is located 35 km northwest of Baku, on the Western shore of the Caspian Sea, on a plain.

It has a population of 13700.

Etymology The name of settlement comes from the name of the Mongol tribe Joyrat.Mustafayev, Shahin (2018) Outlines of the Mongolian supremacy in Azerbaijan and the South Caucasus Khazar Press

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