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]
balaxanı, balakhani, balaxana, settlement, municipality, near, baku, azerbaijan, absheron, peninsula, taking, advantage, area, pools, deep, well, manually, 1593, russians, built, first, distilling, factory, here, 1837, balaxanamunicipalitycoordinates, 46167, 9. Balaxani 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 Balaxani BalaxanaMunicipalityBalaxaniCoordinates 40 27 42 N 49 55 12 E 40 46167 N 49 92000 E 40 46167 49 92000Country AzerbaijanCityBakuRaionSabunchuPopulation 2015 1 Total11 615Time zoneUTC 4 AZT Summer DST UTC 5 AZT 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 Contents 1 Places of interest 2 Notable natives 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksPlaces of interest edit nbsp Balakhani ovdan nbsp Shahla mosque nbsp Balakhani houses nbsp Balakhani street nbsp Notable natives editSadig Rahimov Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Azerbaijan SSR 1954 1958 3 Kampan Gadimov az oil magnate and philanthropistSee also editPetroleum industry in Azerbaijan Ovdan Balakhani Haji Shahla MosqueReferences edit World Gazetteer Azerbaijan dead link World Gazetteer com Smil Vaclav 2017 Energy and Civilization A History Cambridge The MIT Press p 246 ISBN 9780262035774 Ragimov Sadyh Gadzhiyar Ali ogly Spravochnik po istorii Kommunisticheskoj partii i Sovetskogo Soyuza 1898 1991 External links editBalaxani at GEOnet Names Server nbsp This Baku location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Balaxani amp oldid 1217756765, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
