Balaxanı or Balakhani (
Tat: ''Balxuni'') is a settlement and municipality near
Baku
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,
Azerbaijan
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, 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.
In the 1886 official census, 2,843 ethnic
Tats were living here.
its population was 11,615.
Places of interest
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Shah Sefi's Caravanserai, monument
File:Balakhany ovdan.jpg, Balakhani ovdan
File:Haji Shahla mosque.jpg, Shahla mosque
File:Balaxanı evləri (13).jpg, Balakhani houses
File:Balaxanı evləri (4).jpg, Balakhani street
File:Balaxanı Qəsəbəsi.jpg
Notable natives
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Sadig Rahimov, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Azerbaijan SSR (1954–1958)
*, oil magnate and philanthropist
See also
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Petroleum industry in Azerbaijan
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Ovdan (Balakhani)
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Haji Shahla Mosque
References
External links
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Populated places in Baku
Municipalities of Baku
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