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. In the 1886 official census, 2,843 ethnic Tats were living here.Свод статистических данных о населении Закавказского края, извлеченных из посемейных списков 1886 г.
its population was 11,615.
Places of interest Shah Sefi's Caravanserai, monument
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
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