Balakǝn

Balakən is a city and the administrative centre of the of . The city is situated at the foot of the Greater Caucasus Mountains and on the Balakan river, a tributary of the Alazani River.
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  • Type: Locality with 14,800 residents
  • Description: city in Azerbaijan
  • Also known as: Balakan”, “Balakən”, “Balakon”, “Belokan”, and “Belokani

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 Balakǝn.

Balakǝn

Latitude
41.72626° or 41° 43′ 35″ north
Longitude
46.40478° or 46° 24′ 17″ east
Population
14,800
Elevation
372 metres (1,220 feet)
Open location code
8HH8PCG3+GW
Geo­Names ID
587070
Wiki­data ID
Q1989793
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Balakǝn” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: بالاكن
  • Armenian: Բալական
  • Armenian: Բալաքյան
  • Armenian: Բելոկանի
  • Asturian: Balakan
  • Avaric: Билкан шагьар
  • Avaric: Билкан
  • Azerbaijani: Balakən
  • Belarusian: Белаканы
  • Cebuano: Belokany
  • Chechen: Белакен
  • Chechen: Белоканы
  • Chinese: 巴拉肯
  • Dutch: Balakən
  • Egyptian Arabic: بالاكن
  • Finnish: Balakən
  • Finnish: Belokany
  • French: Balakən
  • Georgian: ბელაქანი
  • Georgian: ბელექანი
  • German: Balakan
  • German: Balakən
  • Italian: Balakən
  • Japanese: バラカン
  • Japanese: バラキャン
  • Kazakh: Балакен
  • Latvian: Balakena
  • Lithuanian: Balakenas
  • Malay: Balakən
  • Mingrelian: ბელაქანი
  • Mongolian: Балакен хот
  • Mongolian: Балакен
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Balakən
  • Norwegian: Balakən
  • Ossetian: Балакен
  • Ossetian: Белоканы
  • Persian: بالاکن
  • Polish: Balakan
  • Polish: Balakən
  • Romanian: Balakan
  • Russian: Балакен
  • Russian: Белокан
  • Russian: Белоканы
  • South Azerbaijani: بالاکن
  • Spanish: Balakán
  • Spanish: Balakən
  • Swedish: Belokany
  • Tajik: Болокан‎
  • Tajik: Болокан
  • Tatar: Балакән
  • Turkish: Balaken
  • Ukrainian: Балакен
  • Ukrainian: Белокан
  • Upper Sorbian: Balakən
  • Urdu: بالاکن
  • Western Panjabi: بالاکان
  • Balakan

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