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Lökbatan
Lokbatan is a settlement and municipality in Baku, Azerbaijan. It has a population of 41.365 The municipality consists of the settlements of Lokbatan, Şubanı, Shubany, and Heybət, Heybat. It is the location of a large Lökbatan Mud Volcano, mud volcano, and a historic oilfield. One of the first moving pictures filmed in Azerbaijan was of an oil well blowout in the 1930s. The mud volcano produced spectacular flames of natural gas in October 2001. Culture Sports The city has one professional association football, football team, Qaradağ Lökbatan FK, Qaradağ Lökbatan, currently competing in the second-flight of Azerbaijani football, the Azerbaijan First Division. Transport Road Baku Ring Road. Bus Transport Interchange Center by Baku Transport Agency, BTA. Airport Baku Lokbatan Airport Notable natives Firangiz Rehimbeyli - Azerbaijani singer and actress References External links *Azer News article Municipalities of Baku {{Baku-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qaradağ Lökbatan FK
Qaradağ Lökbatan FK () was an Azerbaijani football (soccer), football club based in Lökbatan. History The club was established in 2009 under the name of ''Neftchi-ISM'' as Neftchi Baku PFC, Neftchi Baku's reserve team, and played in Azerbaijan First Division. However, reserve teams cannot play in the same division as their senior team and therefore the club was ineligible for promotion to the Azerbaijan Premier League. The club became independent of Neftchi in 2011 and was renamed Qaradağ Lökbatan FK, which would allow them to participate in Premier League if they secured promotion from the First Division. On 10 April 2012, the club finished top in the First Division, which would normally result in promotion to 2012–13 Azerbaijan Premier League, Azerbaijan Premier League. However, after a decision of the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan about licensing, the club was not promoted. On 20 May 2025, the club has announced its dissolution. Stadium Lök ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azerbaijan First Division
The Azerbaijan First League () is the second highest professional division in Azerbaijani professional football. The league is run by AFFA. The winner promotes to Premier Division. History Due to the dissolution of the Soviet Union, all Azerbaijan clubs of the former Soviet Premier Division and Soviet First Division conformed a single Azerbaijan Premier League, which meant that the new second tier of Azerbaijan football would remain regionalized. For the first two seasons three regional groups conformed the second tier, until in 1994 the single table in use today began to be used. Competition format The First League currently consists of 10 teams. All teams play each other three times. Members of the Azerbaijan First League (2024-25 season) Stadia and locations :''Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.'' Media coverage CBC Sport currently own all the rights to broadcast the season's games on terrestrial TV. In Azerbaijan, the First League games is also available on CBC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lökbatan Mud Volcano
Lökbatan Mud Volcano (), also known as Lok-Batan Mud Cone, is a mud volcano located in Absheron Peninsula near the settlement of Lökbatan in Qaradağ raion of Baku, Azerbaijan. History The mud volcano erupted in 1977 and again on October 10, 2001, when it released flames rising tens of meters into the air. Since 1998, the area has been included on UNESCO's World Heritage Site World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection under an treaty, international treaty administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance. The sites are judged to contain "cultural and natural ... tentative list. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Lokbatan Mud Volcano Mud volcanoes of Azerbaijan Tourist attractions in Azerbaijan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heybət
Heybət (also, Eibat) is a settlement in Baku, Azerbaijan. The settlement forms part of the municipality of Lökbatan Lokbatan is a settlement and municipality in Baku, Azerbaijan. It has a population of 41.365 The municipality consists of the settlements of Lokbatan, Şubanı, Shubany, and Heybət, Heybat. It is the location of a large Lökbatan Mud Volcano, mud ... in Qaradağ raion. References * Populated places in Baku {{Baku-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Şubanı
Şubanı (also, Shubany) is a settlement in Baku, Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by .... The settlement forms part of the municipality of Lokbatan in Garadagh raion. References * Populated places in Baku {{Baku-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qaradağ Raion
Garadagh () is a settlement and raion in Baku, Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by .... It has a population of 128 717. The urban-type settlement of Lokbatan is the center of the region. Municipalities It contains the municipalities of Alat, Cheyildagh, Korgoz, Lokbatan, Mushfigabad, Puta, Qızıldaş, Gobustan, Sahil, Ümid and Sangachal. Transport European route E119 passes by Garadag. References * External links Tarixi Districts of Baku 1923 establishments in Azerbaijan {{Baku-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia's republic of Dagestan to the north, Georgia (country), Georgia to the northwest, Armenia and Turkey to the west, and Iran to the south. Baku is the capital and largest city. The territory of what is now Azerbaijan was ruled first by Caucasian Albania and later by various Persian empires. Until the 19th century, it remained part of Qajar Iran, but the Russo-Persian wars of Russo-Persian War (1804–1813), 1804–1813 and Russo-Persian War (1826–1828), 1826–1828 forced the Qajar Empire to cede its Caucasian territories to the Russian Empire; the treaties of Treaty of Gulistan, Gulistan in 1813 and Treaty of Turkmenchay, Turkmenchay in 1828 defined the border between Russia and Iran. The region north o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Administrative Divisions Of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan is administratively divided into 67 districts () and 11 cities () that are subordinate to the Republic. Out of these districts and cities, 7 districts and 1 city are located within the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. The districts are further divided into Municipalities of Azerbaijan, municipalities (). Additionally, the districts of Azerbaijan are grouped into 14 Economic regions of Azerbaijan, Economic Regions (). On 7 July 2021, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed a decree "On the new division of economic regions in the Republic of Azerbaijan". Administrative divisions Contiguous Azerbaijan The list below represents the districts of contiguous Azerbaijan. For those of the Nakhchivan exclave, see further below. Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic The seven districts and one municipality of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic are listed below. Economic regions Nagorno-Karabakh The territory of former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast presently ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baku
Baku (, ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Azerbaijan, largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and in the Caucasus region. Baku is below sea level, which makes it the List of capital cities by elevation, lowest lying national capital in the world and also the largest city in the world below sea level. Baku lies on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, on the Bay of Baku. Baku's urban population was estimated at two million people as of 2009. Baku is the primate city of Azerbaijan—it is the sole metropolis in the country, and about 25% of all inhabitants of the country live in Baku's metropolitan area. Baku is divided into #Administrative divisions, twelve administrative raions and 48 townships. Among these are the townships on the islands of the Baku Archipelago, as well as the industrial settlement of Neft Daşları built on oil rigs away from Baku city in the Caspian Sea. The Old City (Baku), Old City, conta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azerbaijan Time
Azerbaijan Time () is the standard time zone in Azerbaijan, four hours ahead of UTC ( UTC+04:00). The daylight saving time adjustment, Azerbaijan Summer Time (), was one hour ahead at UTC+05:00; it was introduced in 1997 and discontinued in March 2016. Azerbaijan Time is the same as Samara Time (Russia), United Arab Emirates Standard Time, Georgia Time, Armenia Time and Seychelles Time. History Azerbaijan, formerly the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (Azerbaijan SSR), adhered to timekeeping regulations instituted by the Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet .... In 1930, the Council of People’s Commissars of the USSR implemented " Decree Time," which mandated a one-hour advancement of standard time across the entire Soviet territory. This mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular field called a Football pitch, pitch. The objective of the game is to Scoring in association football, score more goals than the opposing team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular-framed Goal (sport), goal defended by the opposing team. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and territories, it is the world's most popular sport. Association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 and maintained by the International Football Association Board, IFAB since 1886. The game is pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baku Transport Agency
By decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan of December 21, 2015, the Baku Transport Agency was established under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Fields of activity Organization of control and management of regular passenger transportation by road and cars of taxi services. Organization of centralized management of the traffic flow and ensuring the regulation of the traffic flow with the structures involved in transport control. Ensuring the development of the transport sector. Providing state control in the transport sector. Tickets Payment in public transport is carried out by cards "BakıKART". Plastic cards «BakıKART» The balance of cards can be replenished at the Baku Metro stations, bus stops, payment machines '' MilliÖN ''. "BakıKART for limited use" At purchase, it is possible to load 1, 2, 3 and 4 journeys, it is impossible to replenish balance on terminals. “Aero Express” buses Buses are designed to carry 48 p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
