Caucasus
Azerbaijan
Baku Region

Balaxanı

Balaxanı or Balakhani is a settlement and municipality near , , on the . Taking advantage of the area's oil pools, a 35 m deep well was dug manually in 1593.
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  • Type: Village with 21,400 residents
  • Description: municipality in Baku, Azerbaijan
  • Also known as: “Balaban”, “Baladzary”, and “Balakhany”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cümə Məscidi \ Balaxanı and Baku Olympic Stadium.

Mosque
Photo: Rəcəb Həsənbəyov, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a mosque.

Stadium
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 4.0.
is a stadium, designed and constructed to meet the international standards for stadiums set by the Union of European Football Associations, the International Federation of Association Football and the International Association of Athletics Federations. is situated 3½ km south of Balaxanı.

Railway station
Photo: Sani Esgerli, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a railway station, which is situated 2½ km southeast of Balaxanı.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sabunchu and Keşlə.

Town
district is a district of Baku city.

Suburb
Keshla is a settlement and municipality in , . is situated 7 km south of Balaxanı.

Town
or Surakhany is a town in the eastern part of , administrative center of raion of agglomeration. It is located in the , at an altitude of 12 meters above sea level, 30 km to the north-east from Baku. is situated 9 km southeast of Balaxanı.

Balaxanı

Latitude
40.4616° or 40° 27′ 42″ north
Longitude
49.92142° or 49° 55′ 17″ east
Population
21,400
Elevation
57 metres (187 feet)
Open location code
8HGFFW6C+JH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1117022698
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
587071
Wiki­data ID
Q2081104
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Balaxanı” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بالاخانه”
  • Arabic: “بالاخاني”
  • Armenian: “Բալախանի”
  • Azerbaijani: “Balaxanı qəsəbəsi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Balaxanı”
  • Cebuano: “Balakhani”
  • Chechen: “Балахани”
  • Chinese: “巴拉克薩尼”
  • Dutch: “Balaxanı”
  • Esperanto: “Balaĥani”
  • French: “Balakhani”
  • French: “Balaxanı”
  • Galician: “Balaxanı”
  • German: “Balachany”
  • Japanese: “バラハヌ”
  • Persian: “بالاخانی”
  • Russian: “Балаханы”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بالاخانی”
  • Swedish: “Balakhani”
  • Ukrainian: “Балахани”

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Highlights include Hacı Şəhla Məscidi and Toxumçuluq Sexi \ Balaxanı.

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