Sabunçu, Baku
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Sabunchu Railway Station in 1926
Sabunchu Railway Station in 1926
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Country | Azerbaijan |
City | Baku |
Raion | Sabunçu |
Population (2008)[1] | |
• Total | 22,344 |
Time zone | AZT (UTC+4) |
• Summer (DST) | AZT (UTC+5) |
Sabunçu (also, Sabunchi and Sabunchy) is a settlement and municipality in Baku, Azerbaijan.[2] It has a population of 22,344.
History
Until the beginning of the 20th century, the Sabunçu region was producing 35 percent of Baku's oil. It was also the place where the first, Baku-Sabunchu electrified railway system in USSR, built by Chingiz Ildyrym in 1924 was established.
Geography
The town, seat of Sabunçu raion, is located in the north-eastern suburb of the city of Baku and is part of its metropolitan area. It is 12 km far from Baku International Airport "Heydar Aliyev".
Notable natives
- Nikolai Baibakov — People's Commissar of the USSR Oil Industry (1944–1946), Oil Minister of the USSR (1948–1955), Hero of Socialist Labor.[3]
- Richard Sorge — one of the best-known Soviet intelligence officers of the Second World War, Hero of the Soviet Union.[4]
References
- ↑ World Gazetteer: Azerbaijan – World-Gazetteer.com
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