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Balaban Family
Balaban may refer to: Places Azerbaijan * Balaxanı, Azerbaijan, formerly Balaban Iran * Balaban, Khoy (Persian: , ''Balabān'') * Balaban, Piranshahr (Persian: , ''Bālābān'') Syria * Balaban () is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, Syria Turkey * Balaban, Büyükorhan * Balaban, Eğil * Balaban, Kartepe, a village in Kocaeli Province Other uses * Balaban (instrument), a double reed wind instrument of the duduk family * Balaban (surname) See also * Balabanov Balabanov (Balaban, Balabanoff, Ballabon, etc.) and their derivatives (-ovs, -ich, etc.) are common last names in North Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Ukraine and Russia. Notable people with the surname include: * Aleksei Balabanov (1959-2013), Russ ... * Ballabon {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balaxanı
Balaxanı or Balakhani (Tat language (Caucasus), Tat: ''Balxuni'') is a settlement and municipality near Baku, Azerbaijan, on the Absheron Peninsula. Taking advantage of the area's oil pools, a 35 m deep well was dug manually in 1593. The Russians built the first oil refinery, oil-distilling factory here in 1837. In the 1886 official census, 2,843 ethnic Tat people (Caucasus), Tats were living here. its population was 11,615. Places of interest *Shah Sefi's Caravanserai, monument File:Balakhany ovdan.jpg, Ovdan (Balakhani), Balakhani ovdan File:Haji Shahla mosque.jpg, Haji Shahla Mosque, Shahla mosque File:Balaxanı evləri (13).jpg, Balakhani houses File:Balaxanı evləri (4).jpg, Balakhani street File:Balaxanı Qəsəbəsi.jpg Notable natives * Sadig Rahimov, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Azerbaijan SSR (1954–1958) *, oil magnate and philanthropist See also *Petroleum industry in Azerbaijan *Ovdan (Balakhani) *Haji Shahla Mosque R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balaban, Khoy
Balaban (, also Romanized as Bālābān) is a village in Aland Rural District, Safayyeh District, Khoy County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort .... At the 2006 census, its population was 306, in 63 families. References Populated places in Khoy County {{Khoy-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balaban, Piranshahr
Balaban (, also Romanized as Bālābān) is a village in Lahijan-e Sharqi Rural District, Lajan District, Piranshahr County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort .... At the 2006 census, its population was 140, in 22 families. References Populated places in Piranshahr County {{Piranshahr-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balaban, Syria
Balaban () is a village in northern Aleppo Governorate, northern Syria. Situated on the northern Manbij Plain, about halfway between Jarabulus and Manbij, the village is located about west of river Euphrates, and north of the lower course of Sajur River The Sajur ( ; ) is a long river originating in Turkey and flowing into the Euphrates in Syria. It is the smallest of the three rivers joining the Euphrates in Syria, and the only one that joins the Euphrates on its western bank. Occupation in th .... With 227 inhabitants, as per the 2004 census, Balaban administratively belongs to Nahiya Jarabulus within Jarabulus District. Nearby localities include Dabis to the north. The village is inhabited by Turkmen. References Populated places in Jarabulus District Turkmen settlements in Aleppo Governorate {{AleppoSY-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balaban, Büyükorhan
Balaban is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Büyükorhan, Bursa Province Bursa Province () is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality in Turkey along the Sea of Marmara coast in northwestern Anatolia. It borders Balıkesir Province, Balıkesir to the west, K ... in Turkey. Its population is 214 (2022). References Neighbourhoods in Büyükorhan District {{Bursa-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balaban, Eğil
Balaban () is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Eğil, Diyarbakır Province in Turkey. It is populated by Kurds Kurds (), or the Kurdish people, are an Iranian peoples, Iranic ethnic group from West Asia. They are indigenous to Kurdistan, which is a geographic region spanning southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northeastern Syri ... and had a population of 1,036 in 2022. References Neighbourhoods in Eğil District {{Diyarbakır-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balaban, Kartepe
Balaban is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Kartepe, Kocaeli Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,326 (2022). Geography Balaban is located in the Samanlı Mountain range, on the slopes of Kartepe mountain. It is at the south side of the city of İzmit, Kocaeli Province, on the hillside of Kartepe Mountain between Büyük Derbent and Suadiye towns. It is 24 km from the center of city and 2.5 km from the nearest town, Büyük Derbent. History The first settlements date back to ancient times. There are only some materials founded on the village area from Astakos from 712 BCE and also as the inhabitants called as ''Subaşı'' area, there are some tunnels and cisterns founded supposedly belonged to Byzantine Empire periods. Also on the farm place at east side of village, as inhabitants call ''Taşlı Tarla'' (en: stony field) there are many materials founded like a piece of valve, keramik pots etc. As a folk story, they belong to "missing mountain" w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balaban (instrument)
The ''balaban'' or ''balaman'' () is a double- reed pipe with cylindrical bore, about in length, with eight finger holes and one thumb hole, which is played in the eastern part of Iran's historic Azerbaijan region as well as in the Republic of Azerbaijan (where it is also called '' düdük'', according to the '' Encyclopædia Iranica''). The Azeri ''balaban'', the Turkish '' mey'', and the Armenian '' duduk'' are almost identical, except for historical and geographical differences. Balaban can be made of mulberry or other harder woods, such as walnut. The bore through the instrument is about in diameter. The double reed is made out of a single tube of cane about six cm long and pressed flat at one end. The performer uses air stored in his cheeks to keep playing the balaban while he inhales air into his lungs. This “circular” breathing technique is commonly used with all the double-reed instruments in the Middle East. Balaban can be found in regions of the Republic of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balaban (surname)
Balaban (also Ballaban, Ballabon) is a surname, from a Turkic word meaning "robust", "burly", or a Ukrainian word meaning "hawk". Notable people with the surname include: * Alexandru Balaban (born 1931), Romanian chemist * Alper Balaban (1987–2010), Turkish footballer * A. J. Balaban (1889–1962), co-founder of Balaban and Katz * Barney Balaban (1887–1971), co-founder of Balaban and Katz * Bob Balaban (born 1945), American actor and director (related to the founders of Balaban and Katz) * Boško Balaban (born 1978), Croatian footballer * Burt Balaban (1922–1965), American film producer and director * Elmer Balaban (1909–2001), American theater owner and early cable television executive * İbrahim Balaban (1921–2019), Turkish painter * Jan Balabán (1961–2010), Czech writer * John Balaban (poet) (born 1943), American poet and translator * Judy Balaban (1932–2023), American actress and author * Liane Balaban (born 1980), Canadian actress * Meir Balaban (1874� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balabanov
Balabanov (Balaban, Balabanoff, Ballabon, etc.) and their derivatives (-ovs, -ich, etc.) are common last names in North Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Ukraine and Russia. Notable people with the surname include: * Aleksei Balabanov (1959-2013), Russian filmmaker * Andrey Balabanov, Soviet-born Ukrainian sprint canoer * Angelica Balabanov (1878-1965), Russian-Italian Marxist revolutionary, Comintern secretary in 1919-1921 * Hanna Balabanova (born 1969), Ukrainian sprint canoer * Kostantyn Balabanov (born 1982), Ukrainian football player * Vasile Balabanov (1873-1947), provincial administrator of Imperial Russia Origins of the name Possible origins of the name according to Tudor Balabanov: :1. in the Kazakh Mountains there is an eagle called Balaban from which the name may be derived. :2. One of the recipients of this name may have been the Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
