Balaxanı

Balaxanı
Municipality
Balaxanı
Coordinates: 40°27′42″N 49°55′12″E / 40.46167°N 49.92000°E / 40.46167; 49.92000Coordinates: 40°27′42″N 49°55′12″E / 40.46167°N 49.92000°E / 40.46167; 49.92000
Country  Azerbaijan
City Baku
Raion Sabunçu
Population (2013)[1]
  Total 13,900
Time zone AZT (UTC+4)
  Summer (DST) AZT (UTC+5)

Balaxanı (also, Balkh, Balaban, Balachany, Baladzary, Balakhani, and Balakhany) is a settlement and municipality in Baku, Azerbaijan. It has a population of 11,615.

The Nobel Brothers' oil wells in Balaxanı in the late 19th century.

Notable natives

References

  1. World Gazetteer: Azerbaijan World-Gazetteer.com
  2. "Рагимов Садых Гаджияр Али оглы". Справочник по истории Коммунистической партии и Советского Союза 1898 - 1991.


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