Balaxanı
Balaxanı 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.
It has a population of 11,615.
' oil wells in Balaxanı in the late 19th century.
