Lökbatan

Lökbatan is a settlement and municipality in Baku, Azerbaijan. It has a population of 33,245. The municipality consists of the settlements of Lökbatan, Şubanı, and Heybət.[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]

Lökbatan
Municipality
Lökbatan
Coordinates: 40°19′38″N 49°43′48″E
Country Azerbaijan
CityBaku
RaionQaradağ
Population
 (2008)[1]
 • Total33,245
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5 (AZT)

Culture

Sports

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

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References
  1. World Gazetteer: Azerbaijan Archived 2011-06-22 at the Wayback Machine – 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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