It has a population of 41.365 The municipality consists of the settlements of Lokbatan, Shubany, and Heybat.

[2] 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.

Baku Lokbatan Airport Firangiz Rehimbeyli - Azerbaijani singer and actress