Sabunçu, Baku
Municipality in Baku, Azerbaijan
40°26′33″N 49°56′53″E / 40.44250°N 49.94806°E / 40.44250; 49.94806![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png)
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Sabunçu (also, Sabunchi and Sabunchy, Azeri for "soapmaker") is a settlement and municipality in Baku, Azerbaijan.[2] It has a population of 22,344.
History
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.
Geography
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".
Transportation
Baku suburban railway
Notable natives
- Nikolai Baibakov — People's Commissar of the USSR Oil Industry (1944–1946), Oil Minister of the USSR (1948–1955), Hero of Socialist Labor.[3]
- Richard Sorge — one of the best-known Soviet intelligence officers of the Second World War, Hero of the Soviet Union.[4]
- Igor Ashurbeyli
- Ashurbeyov-Well-known family
References
- ^ World Gazetteer: Azerbaijan[dead link] – World-Gazetteer.com
- ^ Google. "Sabunçu" (Map). Google Maps. Google.
- ^ "Байбаков Николай Константинович". Great Soviet Encyclopedia.
- ^ Зорге Рихард (in Russian). Heroes of the country.
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