Sabunçu (also, Sabunchi and Sabunchy) is a settlement and municipality in Baku, Azerbaijan.[2] It has a population of 22,344.

Sabunçu
Municipality
Sabunchu Railway Station in 1926
Sabunçu
Coordinates: 40°26′33″N 49°56′53″E
Country	Azerbaijan
City	Baku
Raion	Sabunçu
Population  (2008)[1]
• Total	22,344
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+5 (AZT)

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".

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

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[ru] Сабунчи