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Balakan District

Balakan District is one of the 66 districts of . It is located in the north of the country, in the Shaki-Zagatala Economic Region. The district borders the district of , as well as the region of and the Republic of Dagestan.
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  • Type: Town with 14,100 residents
  • Description: district of Azerbaijan
  • Also known as: “Balakan”, “Balakǝn”, and “Belokanskiy Rayon”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Qazma.

Village
is a village and municipality in the Balakan Rayon of . It has a population of 6,639. The municipality consists of the villages of , , Darvazbinə, , , and . is situated 6 km southwest of Balakan District.

Balakan District

Latitude
41.7246° or 41° 43′ 29″ north
Longitude
46.4089° or 46° 24′ 32″ east
Population
14,100
Elevation
496 metres (1,627 feet)
Open location code
8HH8PCF5+RH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5856364066
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
587010
Wiki­data ID
Q330850
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Balakan District” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Balakan”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة بالاكن”
  • Armenian: “Բալաքյանի շրջան”
  • Avaric: “Билкан мухъ”
  • Avaric: “Билкан район”
  • Azerbaijani: “Balakən rayonu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Balakən”
  • Belarusian: “Балакенскі раён”
  • Bengali: “বালাকান জেলা”
  • Breton: “Balakən”
  • Catalan: “Districte de Balakan”
  • Cebuano: “Balakan Rayon”
  • Chechen: “Белакенан кӀошт”
  • Chinese: “巴拉肯区”
  • Chinese: “巴拉肯區”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Balaken (rayon)”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Balaken”
  • Croatian: “Belokanski rajon”
  • Czech: “Balakan”
  • Czech: “Balakən”
  • Danish: “Balakan District”
  • Dutch: “Balakən”
  • Finnish: “Balakan”
  • Finnish: “Balakənin piirikunta”
  • Finnish: “Belokanyn piirikunta”
  • French: “Balakan”
  • French: “Balakən”
  • Georgian: “ბელაქანი”
  • Georgian: “ბელაქანის რაიონი”
  • Georgian: “ბელაქნის რაიონი”
  • German: “AZ-BAL”
  • German: “Balakən”
  • Greek: “Μπαλακάν”
  • Gujarati: “બાલાકન જિલ્લો”
  • Hindi: “बालकन ज़िला”
  • Hungarian: “Balakəni járás”
  • Ido: “Distrikto Balakən”
  • Indonesian: “Balakan”
  • Italian: “distretto di Balakən”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Balakən”
  • Japanese: “バラカン県”
  • Japanese: “バラキャン県”
  • Kannada: “ಬಾಲಕನ್ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ”
  • Korean: “발라캔구”
  • Korean: “발라켄구”
  • Latvian: “Balakenas rajons”
  • Lezghian: “Балакен район”
  • Lithuanian: “Balakano apskritis”
  • Macedonian: “Балакен”
  • Malay: “Balakan”
  • Malay: “Daerah Balakan”
  • Marathi: “बालाकण जिल्हा”
  • Mongolian: “Балакен аймаг”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Balakən”
  • Norwegian: “Balakən”
  • Ossetian: “Балакены район”
  • Persian: “بالاکن”
  • Persian: “بخش بالاکن”
  • Persian: “رایون بالاکن”
  • Persian: “شهرستان بالاکن”
  • Polish: “Rejon Balakan”
  • Polish: “Rejon Balakən”
  • Portuguese: “Balakan”
  • Russian: “Балакен”
  • Russian: “Балакенский район”
  • Russian: “Белаканский район”
  • Russian: “Белоканский район Азербайджана”
  • Serbian: “Белокански рејон”
  • Sinhala: “බලකන් දිස්ත්‍රික්කය”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بالاکن رایونو”
  • Spanish: “Balakən”
  • Spanish: “Raión de Balakán”
  • Sundanese: “Rayon Balakan”
  • Swedish: “Balakän”
  • Swedish: “Balakən Rayonu”
  • Tagalog: “Distrito ng Balakan”
  • Tajik: “Ноҳияи Балакен”
  • Tajik: “Ноҳияи Болокан”
  • Tamil: “பாலகன் மாவட்டம்”
  • Telugu: “బాలాకన్ జిల్లా”
  • Thai: “บาลาคาน”
  • Turkish: “Balaken Rayonu”
  • Turkish: “Balaken”
  • Turkish: “Belokan”
  • Ukrainian: “Балакенський район”
  • Ukrainian: “Белаканський район”
  • Ukrainian: “Белоканський район”
  • Urdu: “بالاکن ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Balaken”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Balakan Rayon”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع بالاکان”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include İcra Hakimiyyəti Balakən and Qarabağ Əlilləri Cəmiyyəti \ Balakən.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Balakan District”. Photo: Vussale, CC BY-SA 3.0.