Balaxanı

Balaxanı

Balaxanı

Municipality in Baku, Azerbaijan

Balaxanı or Balakhani (Tat: Balaxana) 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]

Quick Facts Balaxana, Country ...

As of 2015 its population was 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

  • Sadig Rahimov, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Azerbaijan SSR (1954–1958)[3]
  • Kampan Gadimov [az], oil magnate and philanthropist

See also

References

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

This Baku location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Balaxanı, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.