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Balaxanı

Coordinates: 40°27′42″N 49°55′12″E / 40.46167°N 49.92000°E / 40.46167; 49.92000
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Balaxanı
Municipality
Monument of Mirza Alakbar Sabir in Balakhany
Balaxanı is located in Azerbaijan
Balaxanı
Balaxanı
Coordinates: 40°27′42″N 49°55′12″E / 40.46167°N 49.92000°E / 40.46167; 49.92000
Country Azerbaijan
CityBaku
RaionSabunchu
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total
11,615
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5 (AZT)

Balaxanı or Balakhani is a settlement and municipality near Baku, Azerbaijan, on the Absheron Peninsula. Taking advantage of the area's oil pools, a 35 m deep well was dug manually in 1593. The Russians built the first oil-distilling factory here in 1837.[2]

It has a population of 11,615.

The Nobel Brothers' oil wells in Balakhany in the late 19th century.
Balakhani old Bath (Hamam)
Sculpture in Balakhani Square
Juma Mosque

Places of interest

Notable natives

See also

References

  1. ^ World Gazetteer: Azerbaijan [dead link‍] – World-Gazetteer.com
  2. ^ Smil, Vaclav (2017). Energy and Civilization: A History. Cambridge: The MIT Press. p. 246. ISBN 9780262035774.
  3. ^ "Рагимов Садых Гаджияр Али оглы". Справочник по истории Коммунистической партии и Советского Союза 1898 - 1991.
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