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.

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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