[custom_adv] For decades, the sport of off-road driving has been largely considered the endeavor of a man’s man – all sweat, grease, dirt and horsepower. It turns out women are just as into getting dirty, driving fast and being first to the checkered flag as their bearded counterparts, but the representation of women in off-road has been a bit … scantily clad. Contrary to the imagery, these female competitors are living proof that off-roading is a sport where women and men can compete head-to-head, no holds barred. [custom_adv] Maku is a city in the West Azerbaijan Province& the capital of Maku County. At the 2006 census, its population was 41,865, in 10,428 families. [custom_adv] It is situated 22 kilometres (14 mi) from the Turkish border in a mountain gorge at an altitude of 1634 metres. The Zangmar River cuts through the city. [custom_adv] Maku Free Trade and Industrial Zone is Iran’s largest and the world’s second largest free trade zone and will encompass an area of 5000 square km when it was scheduled to open in 2011. Azerbaijanis and later Kurds constitute the population of the city. [custom_adv] Maku has a semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk) owing to its location in the rain shadow of the Zagros Mountains. The city is hot and dry in the summer, and cold with little snow in the winter. Most precipitation comes from spring thunderstorms. [custom_adv] [custom_adv] Maku was a region of the old Armenia c. 300-800, previously known as Artaz according to Aziz Atiya's History of Eastern Christianity. A branch of the family Amatuni ruled it, as vassals of the family Ardzruni. [custom_adv] Maku was the capital of a Kangarli Khanate one of numerous small, semi-independent Maku Khanates that resulted from the breakup of the Safavid empire in the 17th century.
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