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Sabunçu

Sabunchu is a settlement and municipality in the Sabunchu Rayon of the capital city of Baku, Azerbaijan.

Sabunçu
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The place

Sabunchu is a settlement and municipality in the Sabunchu Rayon of the capital city of Baku, Azerbaijan. It has a population of 33,400.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Sabunçu

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Baku Olympic Stadium

    Baku Olympic Stadium is a stadium, designed and constructed to meet the international standards for stadiums set by the Union of European Football Associations, the International Federation of Association Football and the World Athletics. Having seating capacity for 69,870 people, it is the largest stadium in Azerbaijan.

    2.8 km · sports stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Ramana Tower

    Ramana Tower – is a historical architectural monument located in the Ramana village of the Sabunchu district in Baku. The palace has been registered as a monument of global significance by the Ministry of Culture of Azerbaijan Republic.

    3.1 km · fortress in Azerbaijan · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Murtuza Mukhtarov mosque

    The Murtuza Mukhtarov Mosque is a mosque in the village of Amirjan near Baku, Azerbaijan.

    3.9 km · mosque in Baku · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    House-Museum of Sattar Bahlulzade

    Sattar Bahlulzade's House Museum is a house-museum created for Sattar Bahlulzade, one of the most prominent representatives of the Azerbaijani painting school, the Honored Art Worker of Azerbaijan, the People's Artist of Azerbaijan, and the State Prize laureate of the Azerbaijan SSR.

    4 km · [ABOUT] PUPCARE GARDEN PUPPIES & DOGS · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Haji Shahla Mosque

    The Haji Shahla Mosque is a former mosque and architectural monument located in the Balakhany town of Baku, in Azerbaijan. The inscription on the mosque indicates that it was built in 787 AH under the Iranian Shirvanshahs and by the order of Haji Shahla bin Shakir bin Mustafa Koskin, constructed by the master architect Arif, son of the master Musa Jibal.

    3.3 km · Mosque in Balakhany, Baku, Azerbaijan · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Ismat Gayibov Stadium

    Ismat Gayibov Stadium, also referred as Bakikhanov Stadium, is a multi-use stadium in the Bakikhanov settlement of Baku, Azerbaijan. It is named in honor of Ismat Gayibov.

    800 m · multi-use stadium in Bakikhanov, Baku, Azerbaijan · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Shakiragha Mausoleum

    Shakiragha mausoleum is a historical monument of the XV century. It is located in Balakhany village in the city of Baku in Azerbaijan.

    3.3 km · historical monument in Azerbaijan · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Bulbula

    Bulbula is a lake in Azerbaijan, located on the Absheron Peninsula, between the villages of Bakikhanov and Amirjan at an altitude of 8 m above sea level. According to its genesis, the lake Bulbula belongs to a tectonic group.

    3.1 km · lake in Azerbaijan · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Ramana Mosque

    The Ramana Mosque, also known as the Qurban Mosque, is a historical and architectural monument built between 1912 and 1914. It is located in the settlement of Ramana, Azerbaijan, and was designed by architect Zivar bay Ahmadbeyov.

    3.4 km · Mosque in Ramana, Azerbaijan · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Monument of Sattar Bahlulzade

    The Monument to Sattar Bahlulzade - is a monument to the Azerbaijani artist Sattar Bahlulzade above his grave in the cemetery of the artist's native village, Amirjan, near the Bulbula lake. The sculptor of the monument is Omar Eldarov.

    1.6 km · monument in Əmircan, Baku, Azerbaijan · Wikipedia

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Getting to Sabunçu

Airports
Heydar Aliyev (GYD), 9 km
Stations
Neftchilar, 3.5 km · Qara Qarayev, 3 km · Koroğlu, 3.5 km
  • Ganja → Sabunçu
    304 km · quickest by air, 4h 6m · $140–210
  • Nakhchivan → Sabunçu
    411 km · quickest by air, 5h 49m · $140–210
  • Makhachkala → Sabunçu
    347 km · quickest by air, 7h 42m · ₽7,210–11,180
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Sabunçu

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Sabunçu. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inAlong with trains and ferries, international bus routes have dried up since the border's closure.
  • Get aroundBuses and minibuses cost 0.60 manat (July 2026) per person and can take you to almost any place within Baku.
  • Get aroundThe Baku funicular is a great way of getting to the Viewpoint and Flame Towers.

From Wikivoyage: Baku, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Sheki (Şəki)AZ

    10 ways of moving, 46 sources

    248 km
  2. 02
    Yeghegnadzor and the Vayots Dzor valleyAM

    9 ways of moving, 32 sources

    400 km
  3. 03
    GyumriAM

    12 ways of moving, 47 sources

    516 km
  4. 04
    GoriGE

    10 ways of moving, 16 sources

    517 km
  5. 05
    Vardzia and the Javakheti plateauGE

    12 ways of moving, 57 sources

    569 km

If you know how people move in Sabunçu – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Sabunçu

Sabunçu is 9 km from Baku, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Bakikhanovhuman settlement in Azerbaijan2.7 km
  • Balaxanımunicipality in Baku, Azerbaijan3.2 km
  • Ramanahuman settlement in Sabunçu, Baku, Azerbaijan2.8 km
  • Zabrathuman settlement in Azerbaijan4 km
  • Bülbüləhuman settlement in Azerbaijan3.5 km
  • OvdanWas built in the 14th century in the Balakhani settlement by order of Shirvanshah Emir Khaja Zeynaddin.3.4 km