Balaxanı
# Balaxanı

Balaxanı or Balakhani 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.

As of 2015 its population was 11,615.

## Places of interest

* Balakhani ovdan
* Shahla mosque
* Balakhani houses
* Balakhani street

## Notable natives

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