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Bakıxanov

Coordinates: 40°25′18″N 49°57′52″E / 40.42167°N 49.96444°E / 40.42167; 49.96444
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Bakıxanov
Municipality
Bakıxanov is located in Azerbaijan
Bakıxanov
Bakıxanov
Coordinates: 40°25′18″N 49°57′52″E / 40.42167°N 49.96444°E / 40.42167; 49.96444
Country Azerbaijan
CityBaku
RaionSabunçu
Population
 (2008)[1]
 • Total70,923
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5 (AZT)

Bakıxanov (also, Bakikhanov and Bakihanov) is a settlement and municipality in Baku, Azerbaijan. It was named after Abbasgulu Bakikhanov and has a population of 70,923.

It contains a mosque and a public park. On the eastern side of the town is Bulbul Lake. Sabunçu lies near northwestern Bakıxanov.

Prior to 1992, it was known as Stepan Razin, named for the Cossack uprising leader Stepan Razin.[2]

References

  1. ^ World Gazetteer: Azerbaijan Archived July 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine – World-Gazetteer.com
  2. ^ "Azərbaycan Respublikası Bakı şəhərinin bəzi rayon və qəsəbələrinə, Ağdaş, Bərdə, Qobustan, İmişli, İsmayıll ı, Yevlax, Gədəbəy, Goranboy, Lənkəran, Salyan, Füzuli, Xaçmaz, Cəlilabad rayonlarının bir sıra yaşayış mən təqələrinə yeni adlar verilməsi və inzibati ərazi bölgü sündə qismən dəyişiklik edilməsi haqqında" (in Azerbaijani). Supreme Council of the Republic of Azerbaijan. 29 April 1992. Retrieved 8 July 2015.