Sabunçu | |
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Municipality | |
 Sabunchu Station, 2019 | |
  Sabunçu | |
| Coordinates:40°26′33″N49°56′53″E / 40.44250°N 49.94806°E /40.44250; 49.94806 | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| City | Baku |
| Raion | Sabunçu |
| Population (2013)[1] | |
• Total | 33,400 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+5 (AZT) |
Sabunchu (Azerbaijani:Sabunçu,lit. 'soapmaker') is a settlement and municipality in theSabunchu Rayon of the capital city ofBaku,Azerbaijan.[2] It has a population of 33,400.
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-Sabunchuelectrified railway system in USSR, built byChingiz Ildyrym in 1924 was established.
The town, seat of Sabunchu Rayon, is located in the north-eastern suburb of the city of Baku and is part of its metropolitan area, situated 12 km fromBaku International Airport "Heydar Aliyev".
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