Balaxanı

Balaxanı or Balakhani (Tat: Balaxana) 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.

its population was 11,615.









Notable natives

 * Sadig Rahimov, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Azerbaijan SSR (1954–1958)
 * Kampan Gadimov, oil magnate and philanthropist