Sabunçu | |
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: | Sabunçu |
Population As Of: | 2013 |
Population Total: | 33400 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Timezone: | AZT |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Timezone Dst: | AZT |
Utc Offset Dst: | +5 |
Coordinates: | 40.4425°N 49.9481°W |
Sabunçu (also, Sabunchi and Sabunchy, Azeri for "soapmaker") is a settlement and municipality in Baku, Azerbaijan. It has a population of 22,344.
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.
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, situated 12 km from Baku International Airport "Heydar Aliyev".