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Balakan
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Balakən (; ) is a city and the administrative centre of the Balakan District of Azerbaijan. The city is situated at the foot of the Greater Caucasus Mountains and on the Balakan river, a tributary of the Alazani River.
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The entry is geolocated on the map, across 3 mapped points.
Within Vinony's link graph, Balakan is referenced by 224 other articles, and connects out to Azerbaijan, city and Baku.
It is catalogued under the topic Populated places in Balakan District.
Its subject is documented across 37 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- Balakən
- Region
- Balakan District
- Country
- Azərbaycan
- Population
- 14,800
- Timezone
- Asia/Baku
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Balakən
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City & Municipality
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Azerbaijan#Shaki-Zagatala
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Azerbaijan
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Balakan
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2017
- Settlement.population_total
- 14800
- Settlement.timezone
- AZT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +4
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 378
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Balakən
- Country
- Azerbaijan
- Located in
- Balakan District
- Official language
- Azerbaijani
- Population
- 14800
- Elevation
- 378
- Time zone
- UTC+04:00
- Capital of
- Balakan District
- Official website
- balaken-ih.gov.az
- Image
- Balakan city.jpg
- Dialing code
- +994 2429
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- Commons category
- Balakən
- postal code
- AZ0800
- native label
- Balakən
- P12749
- 1411
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Etymology
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Balakən (; ) is a city and the administrative centre of the Balakan District of Azerbaijan. The city is situated at the foot of the Greater Caucasus Mountains and on the Balakan river, a tributary of the Alazani River.
== Etymology == According to the Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Place Names, the name Balakan may be derived from an Old Georgian word "ბელის კანი (belis k'ani)", meaning "skin of a bear cub".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Balakan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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