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]

As of 2015 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

Notable natives

See also

References

  1. ^ World Gazetteer: Azerbaijan [dead link‍] – World-Gazetteer.com
  2. ^ Smil, Vaclav (2017). Energy and Civilization: A History. Cambridge: The MIT Press. p. 246. ISBN 9780262035774.
  3. ^ Свод статистических данных о населении Закавказского края, извлеченных из посемейных списков 1886 г.
  4. ^ "Рагимов Садых Гаджияр Али оглы". Справочник по истории Коммунистической партии и Советского Союза 1898 - 1991.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balaxan%C4%B1
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