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Lökbatan

Coordinates: 40°19′38″N 49°43′48″E / 40.32722°N 49.73000°E / 40.32722; 49.73000
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Lokbatan
Municipality
Azerbaijani: Lökbatan
Lokbatan is located in Azerbaijan
Lokbatan
Lokbatan
Coordinates: 40°19′38″N 49°43′48″E / 40.32722°N 49.73000°E / 40.32722; 49.73000
Country Azerbaijan
CityBaku
RaionGaradagh
Population
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 • Total41,365
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5 (AZT)

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

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Sports

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

Transport

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Road

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Baku Ring Road.

Bus

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Transport Interchange Center by BTA.

Airport

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Baku Lokbatan Airport

Notable natives

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Firangiz Rehimbeyli - Azerbaijani singer and actress

References

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  1. ^ World Gazetteer: Azerbaijan [dead link] – World-Gazetteer.com
  2. ^ "Belediyye Informasiya Sistemi" (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on September 24, 2008.
  3. ^ Azer News article
  4. ^ ""Neftçi" İSM "Qaradağ" oldu". ekpress.az (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
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