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Baku (Azerbaijani: Bakı, Badkuba/ Persie: بادکوبا‎ ,Baraca/ Persie: باراکا‎ , Pakovan/Armenie: Պակովան[2]), whiles kent as Baqy, Baky, Baki or Bakou, is the caipital, the lairgest ceety, an the lairgest port o Azerbaijan an entire Caucasus. Locatit on the soothren shore o the Absheron Peninsula, the ceety consists o twa principal pairts: the dountoun an the auld Inner Ceety (21.5 ha). Datin tae antiquity, its urban population at the beginnin o 2009 wis estimatit at juist ower twa million fowk.

Baku
Bakı
Ceety
Details o the façade o Dede Qorqut on the Ismailiyya bigginMaiden Touer o BakuPhilharmony Foontain in front o the Magomayev Philharmonic HallA veshel on the Bay o BakuBaku BoulevardBaku montage. Clickin on an eemage in the pictur causes the brouser tae laid the appropriate airticle.
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Clockwise: Details o the façade o the Ismailiyya biggin, Philharmony Foontain in front o the Magomayev Philharmonic Hall, a veshel on the Bay o Baku wi the skyline o the ceety, an the Maiden Touer – clickable eemage
Offeecial seal o Baku
Seal
Baku is locatit in Azerbaijan
Baku
Baku
Location in Azerbaijan
Coordinates: 40°23′43″N 49°52′56″E / 40.39528°N 49.88222°E / 40.39528; 49.88222Coordinates: 40°23′43″N 49°52′56″E / 40.39528°N 49.88222°E / 40.39528; 49.88222
Kintra  Azerbaijan
Govrenment
 • Mayor Hajibala Abutalybov
Aurie[1]
 • Ceety 2,130 km2 (820 sq mi)
Elevation -28 m (−92 ft)
Population (2012)[3]
 • Ceety 2,122,300
 • Density 996.38/km2 (2,580.6/sq mi)
 • Urban 2,725,000[2]
 • Metro 4,000,000
Demonym(s) Bakuvian[4]
Time zone AZT (UTC+4)
 • Simmer (DST) AZST (UTC+5)
Postal code AZ1000
Aurie code(s) 12
Wabsteid BakuCity.az

Baku is dividit intae eleiven admeenistrative destricts (raions) an 48 tounships. Amang thir are the tounships on islands in the Baku Bay an the toun o Oil Rocks biggit on stilts in the Caspian Sea, 60 km (37 mi) away frae Baku. The Walled Ceety o Baku alang wi the Shirvanshah's Palace an Maiden Touer wur inscribed as a UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid in 2000. Accordin tae the Lonely Planet's rankin Baku is an aa amangst the warld's tap ten destinations for urban nichtlife.[5]

The ceety an aa serves as the main financial hub o Azerbaijan. Mony sizeable Azerbaijani facilities hae thair heidquarters thare, includin SOCAR, ane o the warld's tap 100 companies.[6]

Internaitional relationsEedit

See an aa: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Azerbaijan

Twin touns an sister ceetiesEedit

Baku is twinned wi:[7][in chronological order]

Kintra Ceety State / Province / Region / Govrenorate Date
  Senegal   Dakar   Dakar Region 1967[8][9]
  Italy   Naples   Campanie 1972[10]
  Iraq Basra Basra Govrenorate 1972[8]
  Bosnie an Herzegovinae   Sarajevo   Sarajevo Canton 1975[8][9]
  Unitit States Houston   Texas 1976[11]
  Fraunce   Bordeaux   Aquitaine 1979[8]
  Iran Tabriz East Azerbaijan Province 1980[9]
  Turkey Izmir İzmir Province 1985[12]
  Vietnam Vũng Tàu Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu Province 1985[8]
  Unitit States Honolulu   Hawaii 1998[13]

Pairtnership relationsEedit

Pairtnership relations an aa exist at different levels wi:[14] Berlin, Paris, Aiberdeen, Vienna, Stavanger, Tbilisi, Astana, Minsk, Moscow, Volgograd, Kizlyar, Tashkent an Chengdu.

ReferencesEedit

  1. ↑ "Administrative, density and territorial units and land size by economic regions of Azerbaijan Republic for January 1. 2007". Archived frae the oreeginal on 2007-11-24. Retrieved 2009-07-17. 
  2. ↑ Demographia: World Urban Areas – Demographia, 2016
  3. ↑ The State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan, 2.5 Population by sex, economic and administrative regions, urban settlements at the beginning of 2012, retrieved on October 2, 2012 Archived 23 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ Thomas de Waal (2010). The Caucasus: An Introduction. Oxford University Press. p. 16. ISBN 0-19-975043-2. 
  5. ↑ "Travel Picks: Top 10 cities to party the night away". Reuters. 2009-11-13. Retrieved 2009-11-21. 
  6. ↑ State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic: Transition from National to Transnational Company or Demand of Time?
  7. ↑ "The main directions of foreign relations of the executive authorities of Baku". Retrieved 2007-07-15. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Musa Gasymly (2005). "АЗЕРБАЙДЖАН В МЕЖДУНАРОДНЫХ КУЛЬТУРНЫХ СВЯЗЯХ(1946–1990 гг.)" [Azerbaijan's cultural affairs (1946–1990)]. Tbilisi: Artanuchi. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "ВСЕ ОСТАЕТСЯ ЛЮДЯМ" [Everything remains for people]. 29 (19725). Vyshka. 25 July 2008. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  10. ↑ Flexibe Solutions (26 October 2007). "Embassy of Azerbaijan Republic in Italy". Azembassy.it. Retrieved 17 April 2010. 
  11. ↑ Maud Beck (Winter 2006). "Sister Cities: Baku and Houston. Celebrating 30 Years as Sister Cities". Azerbaijan International: 68–71. Archived frae the oreeginal on 2 February 2010. Retrieved 4 February 2010. 
  12. ↑ "Izmir Metropolitan Municipality". Izmir.bel.tr. Retrieved 17 April 2010. 
  13. ↑ [1][deid airtin]
  14. ↑ (in Roushie)"Executive Power of the Baku City". Azerbaijan.az. Retrieved 2008-04-08. 


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