Bakıxanov
Bakıxanov | |
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Municipality | |
 Educational Training Center | |
  Bakıxanov | |
| Coordinates: 40°25′18″N 49°57′52″E / 40.42167°N 49.96444°ECoordinates: 40°25′18″N 49°57′52″E / 40.42167°N 49.96444°E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| City | Baku |
| Raion | Sabunçu |
| Population (2008)[1] | |
| • Total | 70,923 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+5 (AZT) |
Youth Town in Bakikhanov settlement
Bakıxanov (also, Bakikhanov and Bakihanov) is a settlement and municipality in Baku, Azerbaijan. It was named after Abbasgulu Bakikhanov and has a population of 70,923.
It contains a mosque and a public park. On the eastern side of the town is . Sabunçu lies near northwestern Bakıxanov.
Prior to 1992, it was known as Stepan Razin, named for the Cossack uprising leader Stepan Razin.[2]
References[]
- ^ World Gazetteer: Azerbaijan[dead link] – World-Gazetteer.com
- ^ "Azərbaycan Respublikası Bakı şəhərinin bəzi rayon və qəsəbələrinə, Ağdaş, Bərdə, Qobustan, İmişli, İsmayıll ı, Yevlax, Gədəbəy, Goranboy, Lənkəran, Salyan, Füzuli, Xaçmaz, Cəlilabad rayonlarının bir sıra yaşayış mən təqələrinə yeni adlar verilməsi və inzibati ərazi bölgü sündə qismən dəyişiklik edilməsi haqqında" (in Azerbaijani). Supreme Council of the Republic of Azerbaijan. 29 April 1992. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
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