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Balaxanı or Balakhani ( Tat: ''Balxuni'') is a settlement and municipality near
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 ci ...
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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

* 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

* Sadig Rahimov, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Azerbaijan SSR (1954–1958) *, oil magnate and philanthropist


See also

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


References


External links

* Populated places in Baku Municipalities of Baku {{Baku-geo-stub