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

Sabunchu is a settlement and municipality in the Sabunchu Rayon of the capital city of Baku, Azerbaijan. It has a population of 33,400.
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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.
- 01Baku 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 - 02Ramana 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 - 03Murtuza Mukhtarov mosque
The Murtuza Mukhtarov Mosque is a mosque in the village of Amirjan near Baku, Azerbaijan.
3.9 km · mosque in Baku · Wikipedia - 04House-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 - 05Haji 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 - 06Ismat 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 - 07Shakiragha 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 - 08Bulbula
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 - 09Ramana 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 - 10Monument 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 → Sabunçu304 km · quickest by air, 4h 6m · $140–210
- Nakhchivan → Sabunçu411 km · quickest by air, 5h 49m · $140–210
- Makhachkala → Sabunçu347 km · quickest by air, 7h 42m · ₽7,210–11,180
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
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.
- 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.
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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