Sabunçu, Baku

Sabunçu
Municipality
Sabunchu Railway Station in 1926
Sabunçu
Coordinates: 40°26′33″N 49°56′53″E / 40.44250°N 49.94806°E / 40.44250; 49.94806Coordinates: 40°26′33″N 49°56′53″E / 40.44250°N 49.94806°E / 40.44250; 49.94806
Country	Azerbaijan
City	Baku
Raion	Sabunçu
Population (2008)
• Total	22,344
Time zone	AZT (UTC+4)
• Summer (DST)	AZT (UTC+5)

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

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.

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. It is 12 km far from Baku International Airport "Heydar Aliyev".