Baku

Baku (Azerbaijani: Bakı) whiles kent as Baqy, Baky, Baki or Bakou, is the caipital, the maistmuckle city, an the maistmuckle port o Azerbaijan an entire Caucasus. Locatit on the soothren shore o the Absheron Peninsula, the city consists o twa principal pairts: the dountoun an the auld Inner City (21.5 ha). Datin tae antiquity, its urban population at the beginnin o 2009 wis estimatit at juist ower twa million fowk.

Baku Bakı
City
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 city, an the Maiden Touer – clickable eemage
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Baku Location in Azerbaijan
Coordinates: 40°23′43″N 49°52′56″E
Kintra	Azerbaijan
Govrenment
• Mayor	Hajibala Abutalybov
Area [1]
• City	2130 km2 (820 sq mi)
Elevation	-28 m (−92 ft)
Population  (2020)
• City	2,293,700[2]
• Density	1,057/km2 (2,740/sq mi)
• Urban	3,125,000[3]
• Metro	5,105,200
Demonym(s)	Bakuvian[4] Azerbaijani: Bakılı
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+5 (AZST)
Postal code	AZ1000
Area code(s)	12
Website	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 City 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 amangst the warld's tap ten destinations for urban nichtlife anaa.^[5]

The city 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 relations

Relatit page: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Azerbaijan

Twin touns an sister ceeties

Baku is twinned wi:^{[7][in chronological order]}

Kintra		City		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 relations

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

Metro

Baku Metro

Owerview
Native name	Bakı metrosu o Bakı metropoliteni
Awner	Republic o Azerbaijan
Locale	Baku
Transit teep	Rapid transit
Nummer o lines	4[15]
Nummer o stations	27[15]
Daily ridership	629,315 (2019)[16]
Annual ridership	229.7 million (2019)[16]
Operation
Begoud operation	6 November 1967; 57 years ago (1967-11-06)[15]
Operator(s)	Bakı Metropoliteni (state closed joint stock company)
Number o vehicles	228 trains
Technical
Seestem lenth	43.3 km (26.9 mi)[15]
Track gauge	1,520 mm (4 ft 11 27⁄32 in)[15]
Electrification	825 V DC third rail[15]

The Baku Metro (Azerbaijani: Bakı metrosu or Bakı metropoliteni) is a rapid transit seestem in the Azerbaijani caipital city Baku. It wis opened for service in 1967. The Baku Metro haes 27 stations an its route lenth is 43.3 km (26.9 mi). Aw stations, except twa, are unnergrund.

Educashun

Baku State Varsity (Azerbaijani: Bakı Dövlət Universiteti, BDU) is a public research varsity locatit in Baku, Azerbaijan. It wis creatit on 1 September 1919 bi the pairlament o the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.^[17] The varsity has 16 faculties, aroond 3,000 professors an aroond 26,000 students.^[18]