Balaxanı

Balaxanı or Balakhani (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-distilling factory here in 1837.^[2] In the 1886 official census, 2,843 ethnic Tats were living here.^[3]

Country Azerbaijan

Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

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Balaxanı Balxuni
Municipality
Balaxanı
Coordinates: 40°27′42″N 49°55′12″E
Country	Azerbaijan
City	Baku
Raion	Sabunchu
Population  (2015)[1]
• Total	11,615
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+5 (AZT)

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As of 2015^[update] its population was 11,615.