Lökbatan Explained

Lokbatan
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Azerbaijan
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Azerbaijan
Subdivision Type1:City
Subdivision Name1:Baku
Subdivision Type2:Raion
Subdivision Name2:Garadagh
Population As Of:2022
Population Total:41365
Population Footnotes:[1]
Timezone:AZT
Utc Offset:+4
Timezone Dst:AZT
Utc Offset Dst:+5
Coordinates:40.3272°N 49.73°W
Official Name:Azerbaijani: Lökbatan

Lokbatan is a settlement and municipality in Baku, Azerbaijan. It has a population of 41.365 The municipality consists of the settlements of Lokbatan, Shubany, and Heybat.[2] It is the location of a large mud volcano, and a historic oilfield. One of the first moving pictures filmed in Azerbaijan was of an oil well blowout in the 1930s. The mud volcano produced spectacular flames of natural gas in October 2001.[3]

Culture

Sports

The city has one professional football team, Qaradağ Lökbatan, currently competing in the second-flight of Azerbaijani football, the Azerbaijan First Division.[4]

Transport

Road

Baku Ring Road.

Bus

Transport Interchange Center by BTA.

Airport

Baku Lokbatan Airport

Notable natives

Firangiz Rehimbeyli - Azerbaijani singer and actress

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&geo=-26&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&pt=c&va=x World Gazetteer: Azerbaijan
  2. Web site: Belediyye Informasiya Sistemi . https://web.archive.org/web/20080924083213/http://www.belediyye.org/index.php?con=qanun&bkod=3637 . September 24, 2008 . Azerbaijani.
  3. http://azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/ai112_folder/112_articles/112_lokbatan_brita.html Azer News article
  4. Web site: "Neftçi" İSM "Qaradağ" oldu. ekpress.az. 3 September 2011. Azerbaijani. https://web.archive.org/web/20120330082954/http://www.ekspress.az/2011/08/18/get=48038. 30 March 2012. dead.