Neftchiler Avenue ( az, Neftçilər Prospekti; literally Oil Worker's Avenue) is an

arterial road An arterial road or arterial thoroughfare is a high-capacity urban road that sits below freeways/motorways on the road hierarchy in terms of traffic flow and speed. The primary function of an arterial road is to deliver traffic from collector r ...

Baku Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world an ...

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

. It begins at the west end of the

Bayil Bayil ( az, Bayıl; also known as Bailov and Bailovo) is a settlement in Baku, Azerbaijan. Geography In March 2000, a major landslide in the Bayil slope destroyed dozens of shops, apartments and gas stations. The slope in later years also experi ...

district of Baku and continues east until terminating at

Javanshir Bridge Javanshir (alternate spellings: Javansher, Juansher, Ĵovenšēr, Jivanshir; '' pal, Juvānšēr''; literally "young lion"), was the prince of Caucasian Albania from 637 to 680, hailing from the region of Gardman. His life and deeds were the subje ...

(formerly Gagarin Bridge) intersecting Uzeyir Hajibeyov Street. It is used as part of the

Baku City Circuit The Baku City Circuit ( az, Bakı Şəhər Halqası) is a motor racing street circuit located in Baku, Azerbaijan constructed near Baku Boulevard. A lap of the circuit is , making it the third-longest circuit on the Formula One calendar (after C ...

, including the Start-Finish straight located next to Government House Previous names of Neftchilar Avenue were Alexander II Quay, Gubanov Quay, and

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Avenue. The street was named Neftchilar Avenue in 1961 in honour of workers of

oil industry in Azerbaijan The petroleum industry in Azerbaijan produces about of oil per day and 29 billion cubic meters of gas per year as of 2013. Azerbaijan is one of the birthplaces of the oil industry. The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (known as SOCAR) i ...

. The larger section of the avenue runs along

Baku Boulevard Baku Boulevard ( az, Dənizkənarı Milli Park, also known as National Park) is a promenade established in 1909 which runs parallel to Baku's seafront. Its history goes back more than 100 years, to a time when Baku oil barons built their mansion ...

Notable buildings and monuments

* Оffice of

State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan The State Oil Fund of the Republic of Azerbaijan or SOFAZ ( az, Azərbaycan Respublikası Dövlət Neft Fondu (ARDNF)) is a sovereign wealth fund. SOFAZ lacks transparency in its finances and in its contracting, which has raised questions about ...

* State Maritime Administration of Azerbaijan Republic *

International Mugam Center of Azerbaijan The International Mugham Center of Azerbaijan is a center of Azerbaijani arts and music aiming to promote, preserve and popularize the mugham genre of Azerbaijani music. It is located in Baku Boulevard, in downtown Baku. Overview of the center T ...

* Maiden Tower *

Baku Puppet Theatre The Baku Puppet Theatre (formally Azerbaijan State Puppet Theatre named after Abdulla Shaig , az, Abdulla Şaiq adına Azərbaycan Dövlət Kukla Teatrı) is located on Neftchiler Avenue of Baku. It was built in 1910 by Polish architect Józef ...

Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum ( az, Azərbaycan Milli Xalça Muzeyi, formerly called the Azerbaijan Carpet Museum) is a museum located in Baku that displays Azerbaijani carpets and rugs with historical and modern weaving techniques and materi ...

* Government House * Baku port *

National Flag Square The National Flag Square ( az, Dövlət Bayrağı Meydanı) is a large city square off Neftchiler Avenue in Bayil, Baku, Azerbaijan. The National Flag Square covers overall. The area of the upper part is . The square features the state symbol ...

Gallery

House of Hajinsky. 1918-1920.jpg, House of Hajinsky, 1918-1920 Image: Баку. Александровская набережная.Фотограф А.Мишон 1898.JPG, Aleksandrovskaya Naberezhnaya Image: Дом генерал-губернатора(Баку).jpg, House of the Governor General Image: Prachki na bulvare.jpg, By the boulevard Image: Giz Qalasi.jpg, Tip of the Maiden Tower Image:Governor's House (Baku).jpg, Festivities on Naberezhnaya Image: Neftchiler Avenue, Baku, 2010 (2).jpg, Overlooking the Avenue Image: Intersection of Aziz Aliyev Street & Neftchilar Avenue, Baku.jpg, Intersection of Aziz Aliyev Street Image: Baku Maiden Tower 2010.jpg, Maiden Tower Image: Building at Neftchiler Avenue, Baku, 2010.jpg, Pathway to Fountains Square Image: Baku Maiden Tower & Neftchiler Avenue 2010.jpg, Maiden Tower Image: Puppet Theatre, Baku, 2010.jpg,

Image: Night Neftchiler Avenue, Baku, 2010 2.jpg,

Image: Night Neftchiler Avenue, Baku, 2010 (3).jpg, View from Baku Puppet Theater Image: Building at Neftchiler Avenue, Baku, 2010 (2).jpg, 19th century buildings Image: Night bulvar, Baku, 2010.jpg, Baku Boulevard Image: Night Neftchiler Avenue, Baku, 2010.jpg, View to

Baku TV Tower The Baku TV Tower ( az, Televiziya Qülləsi), built in 1996, is a free standing concrete telecommunications tower in Baku, Azerbaijan. With a height of 310 metres (1017 ft or 480 meters from Caspian sea level), it is the tallest structure i ...

Image: Building in Neftchiler Avenue, Baku, 2010.jpg, One of entrances to the Icheri Sheher Image: Seascape, Baku, 2010.jpg, View from top of Maiden Tower

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External links

Old street and square names in Baku
{{Baku landmarks Streets in Baku