Balaxanı

Balaxanı or Balakhani (Tat: Balxuni) 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] In the 1886 official census, 2,843 ethnic Tats were living here.^[3]

Balaxanı Balxuni
Municipality
Balaxanı
Coordinates: 40°27′42″N 49°55′12″E
Country	Azerbaijan
City	Baku
Raion	Sabunchu
Population  (2015)[1]
• Total	11,615
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+5 (AZT)

As of 2015^[update] 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

• Shah Sefi's Caravanserai, monument

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  Balakhani ovdan
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  Shahla mosque
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  Balakhani houses
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  Balakhani street
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Notable natives

• Sadig Rahimov, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Azerbaijan SSR (1954–1958)^[4]
• Kampan Gadimov [az], oil magnate and philanthropist

See also

• Petroleum industry in Azerbaijan
• Ovdan (Balakhani)
• Haji Shahla Mosque