Country Azerbaijan Raion Qaradağ Local time Thursday 3:20 AM Rayon Baku | City Baku Time zone AZT (UTC+4) Population 33,245 (2008) | |
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Weather 6°C, Wind S at 8 km/h, 96% Humidity | ||
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.
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Map of Lokbatan, Azerbaijan
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.
Sports
The city has one professional football team, Qaradağ Lökbatan, currently competing in the second-flight of Azerbaijani football, the Azerbaijan First Division.
References
Lökbatan Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA