Neftechala

Neftechala

 

a city (settlement until 1959) and center of Neftechala Raion, Azerbaijan SSR. Located 12 km south of the mouth of the Kura River and 9 km from the Nefte-Chala rail-road station (terminus of a branch line from the Astara-Osmanly-Novye line). Population, 7,100 (1970). Oil is extracted nearby and is then transported to Baku by sea. An iodine bromide plant is located in Neftechala.