Sangachal | |
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 Total: | 4108 |
Timezone: | AZT |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Timezone Dst: | AZT |
Utc Offset Dst: | +5 |
Coordinates: | 40.1694°N 49.4583°W |
Official Name: | Azerbaijani: Səngəçal |
Sanqaçal (also, Səngəçal and Sangachal) is a settlement and municipality in Baku, Azerbaijan. It has a population of 4,108.
The settlement is home to Sangachal Terminal. The terminal receives oil from the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli field and natural gas from the Shah Deniz gas field. The oil is exported via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline to Turkey's Mediterranean coast and via the Baku-Supsa Pipeline and the Baku-Novorossiysk Pipeline to the Black Sea coast.[1] [2]