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Balaxanı or Balakhani is a settlement and municipality near 
File:Balakhany ovdan.jpg, Balakhani ovdan
File:Haji Shahla mosque.jpg, Shahla mosque
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Baku
Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world an ...
, Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...
, on the Absheron Peninsula
The Absheron Peninsula ( az, Abşeron yarımadası) is a peninsula in Azerbaijan. It is the location of Baku, the biggest and the most populous city of the country, and also the Baku metropolitan area, with its satellite cities Sumqayit and Khyrd ...
. Taking advantage of the area's oil pools, a 35 m deep well was dug manually in 1593. The Russians built the first oil-distilling factory here in 1837.
It has a population of 11,615.
Places of interest
Shah Sefi's Caravanserai
Shah Sefi's Caravanserai is a historical and architectural monument of the 17th century located in the Balakhani village. It was built in 1635-1636 by the master Burkhan and the sarkar Behbud at the order of the Safavid
Safavid Iran or Safav ...
Notable natives
*Sadig Rahimov
Sadig Hajiyarali oghlu Rahimov ( az, Sadıq Hacıyarəli oğlu Rəhimov, September 27, 1914 — June 11, 1974) was the Statesman of the Azerbaijan SSR, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Azerbaijan SSR (1954–1958), member of the Presidi ...
— Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Azerbaijan SSR (1954–1958).
* Kampan Gadimov-Oil magnate and philanthropist.
See also
*Petroleum industry in Azerbaijan
The petroleum industry in Azerbaijan produces about of oil per day and 29 billion cubic meters of gas per year as of 2013. Azerbaijan is one of the birthplaces of the oil industry.
The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (known as SOCAR) i ...
*Ovdan (Balakhani)
The structure, Ovdan, was built in the 14th century in the Balakhani settlement by order of Shirvanshah Emir Khaja Zeynaddin.
History
The structure of the stairs is as high as that in the palace of the Shirvanshahs. It is believed that after th ...
*Haji Shahla Mosque
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References
* Populated places in Baku Baku Governorate Municipalities of Baku {{Baku-geo-stub