Baku
Baku (Azerbaijani: Bakı), 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 | ||
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Ceety | ||
  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 | ||
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  Baku Location in Azerbaijan | ||
| Coordinates: 40°23′43″N 49°52′56″E / 40.39528°N 49.88222°ECoordinates: 40°23′43″N 49°52′56″E / 40.39528°N 49.88222°E | ||
| Kintra |  Azerbaijan | |
| Govrenment | ||
| • Mayor | Hajibala Abutalybov | |
| Area | ||
| • 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 | UTC+4 (AZT) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+5 (AZST) | |
| 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
Twin touns an sister ceetiesEedit
Baku is twinned wi:[7][in chronological order]
| Kintra | Ceety | State / Province / Region / Govrenorate | Date | |||
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Senegal | 
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Dakar | 
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Dakar Region | 1967[8][9] |
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Italy | 
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Naples | 
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Campanie | 1972[10] |
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Iraq | Basra | Basra Govrenorate | 1972[8] | ||
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Bosnie an Herzegovinae | 
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Sarajevo | 
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Sarajevo Canton | 1975[8][9] |
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Unitit States | Houston | 
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Texas | 1976[11] | |
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Bordeaux | 
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Aquitaine | 1979[8] |
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Iran | Tabriz | East Azerbaijan Province | 1980[9] | ||
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Turkey | Izmir | İzmir Province | 1985[12] | ||
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Vietnam | Vũng Tàu | Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu Province | 1985[8] | ||
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Unitit States | Honolulu | 
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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
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Demographia: World Urban Areas – Demographia, 2016
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Thomas de Waal (2010). The Caucasus: An Introduction. Oxford University Press. p. 16. ISBN 0-19-975043-2.
- ↑ "Travel Picks: Top 10 cities to party the night away". Reuters. 2009-11-13. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
- ↑ State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic: Transition from National to Transnational Company or Demand of Time?
- ↑ "The main directions of foreign relations of the executive authorities of Baku". Retrieved 2007-07-15.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "ВСЕ ОСТАЕТСЯ ЛЮДЯМ" [Everything remains for people]. 29 (19725). Vyshka. 25 July 2008. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
- ↑ Flexibe Solutions (26 October 2007). "Embassy of Azerbaijan Republic in Italy". Azembassy.it. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
- ↑
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. Cite uses deprecated parameter
|deadurl=(help) - ↑ "Izmir Metropolitan Municipality". Izmir.bel.tr. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
- ↑ [1][deid airtin]
- ↑ (in Roushie)"Executive Power of the Baku City". Azerbaijan.az. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
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