Lokbatan is a settlement and municipality in

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. It has a population of 41.365 The municipality consists of the settlements of Lokbatan, Shubany, and Heybat. It is the location of a large

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, and a historic oilfield. One of the first moving pictures filmed in Azerbaijan was of an oil well blowout in the 1930s. The mud volcano produced spectacular flames of natural gas in October 2001.

Culture

Sports

The city has one professional

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team, Qaradağ Lökbatan, currently competing in the second-flight of

i football, the

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Transport

Road

Baku Ring Road.

Bus

Transport Interchange Center by BTA.

Airport

Baku Lokbatan Airport

Notable natives

Firangiz Rehimbeyli - Azerbaijani singer and actress

References

External links

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Azer News article
Municipalities of Baku {{Baku-geo-stub