Balakǝn
Balakən is a city and the administrative centre of the Balakan District of Azerbaijan. The city is situated at the foot of the Greater Caucasus Mountains and on the Balakan river, a tributary of the Alazani River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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.
Qazma
Village
Qazma is a village and municipality in the Balakan Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 6,639. The municipality consists of the villages of Qazma, Bedağar, Darvazbinə, Cillik, Öküzovtala, and Şambulbinə. Qazma is situated 6 km southwest of Balakǝn.
Balakǝn
- Category: city
- Location: Balakan District, Azerbaijan, Caucasus, Asia
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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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Notable Places Nearby
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