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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2.1</span> <span>Absheron Museum of History and Local Studies</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Absheron_Museum_of_History_and_Local_Studies-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Libraries" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Libraries"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>Libraries</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Libraries-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Architecture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Architecture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4</span> <span>Architecture</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Architecture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Hamams" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hamams"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4.1</span> <span>Hamams</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Hamams-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Teze_Bey_Hamam" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Teze_Bey_Hamam"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4.1.1</span> <span>Teze Bey Hamam</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Teze_Bey_Hamam-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Gum_Hamam" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Gum_Hamam"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4.1.2</span> <span>Gum Hamam</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Gum_Hamam-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bairamali_hamam" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bairamali_hamam"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4.1.3</span> <span>Bairamali hamam</span> </div> </a> <ul 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title="Баку – Kabardian" lang="kbd" hreflang="kbd" data-title="Баку" data-language-autonym="Адыгэбзэ" data-language-local-name="Kabardian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Адыгэбзэ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ady mw-list-item"><a href="https://ady.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83" title="Баку – Adyghe" lang="ady" hreflang="ady" data-title="Баку" data-language-autonym="Адыгабзэ" data-language-local-name="Adyghe" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Адыгабзэ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af mw-list-item"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakoe" title="Bakoe – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Bakoe" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%89%A3%E1%8A%A9" title="ባኩ – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="ባኩ" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-smn mw-list-item"><a href="https://smn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Inari Sami" lang="smn" hreflang="smn" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Anarâškielâ" data-language-local-name="Inari Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Anarâškielâ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ang mw-list-item"><a href="https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacu" title="Bacu – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Bacu" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ab mw-list-item"><a href="https://ab.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D2%9B%D3%99%D0%B0" title="Бақәа – Abkhazian" lang="ab" hreflang="ab" data-title="Бақәа" data-language-autonym="Аԥсшәа" data-language-local-name="Abkhazian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Аԥсшәа</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88" title="باكو – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="باكو" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bac%C3%BA" title="Bacú – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Bacú" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8A%D5%A1%D6%84%D5%B8%D6%82" title="Պաքու – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="Պաքու" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frp mw-list-item"><a href="https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakou" title="Bakou – Arpitan" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title="Bakou" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="Arpitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Arpetan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bak%C3%BA" title="Bakú – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Bakú" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-awa mw-list-item"><a href="https://awa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81" title="बाकु – Awadhi" lang="awa" hreflang="awa" data-title="बाकु" data-language-autonym="अवधी" data-language-local-name="Awadhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अवधी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-av mw-list-item"><a href="https://av.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83" title="Баку – Avaric" lang="av" hreflang="av" data-title="Баку" data-language-autonym="Авар" data-language-local-name="Avaric" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Авар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bak%C4%B1" title="Bakı – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Bakı" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%DA%A9%DB%8C" title="باکی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="باکی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%81" title="বাকু – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="বাকু" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-map-bms mw-list-item"><a href="https://map-bms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Banyumasan" lang="jv-x-bms" hreflang="jv-x-bms" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Basa Banyumasan" data-language-local-name="Banyumasan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Banyumasan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D2%A1%D1%8B" title="Баҡы – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Баҡы" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83" title="Баку – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Баку" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83" title="Баку – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Баку" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83" title="Баку – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Баку" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%96%E0%BD%B1%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%80%E0%BD%B4%E0%BC%8D" title="བཱ་ཀུ། – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="བཱ་ཀུ།" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakou" title="Bakou – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Bakou" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bxr mw-list-item"><a href="https://bxr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83" title="Баку – Russia Buriat" lang="bxr" hreflang="bxr" data-title="Баку" data-language-autonym="Буряад" data-language-local-name="Russia Buriat" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Буряад</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bak%C3%BA" title="Bakú – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Bakú" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83" title="Баку – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Баку" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku_City" title="Baku City – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Baku City" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ny mw-list-item"><a href="https://ny.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Nyanja" lang="ny" hreflang="ny" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Chi-Chewa" data-language-local-name="Nyanja" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chi-Chewa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sn mw-list-item"><a href="https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Shona" lang="sn" hreflang="sn" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="ChiShona" data-language-local-name="Shona" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiShona</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tum mw-list-item"><a href="https://tum.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Tumbuka" lang="tum" hreflang="tum" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="ChiTumbuka" data-language-local-name="Tumbuka" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiTumbuka</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88" title="باكو – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="باكو" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pdc mw-list-item"><a href="https://pdc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Pennsylvania German" lang="pdc" hreflang="pdc" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Deitsch" data-language-local-name="Pennsylvania German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deitsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dv mw-list-item"><a href="https://dv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DE%84%DE%A7%DE%86%DE%AB" title="ބާކޫ – Divehi" lang="dv" hreflang="dv" data-title="ބާކޫ" data-language-autonym="ދިވެހިބަސް" data-language-local-name="Divehi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ދިވެހިބަސް</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nv mw-list-item"><a href="https://nv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kin%C5%82%C3%A1n%C3%ADtah_Naayol%C3%AD" title="Kinłánítah Naayolí – Navajo" lang="nv" hreflang="nv" data-title="Kinłánítah Naayolí" data-language-autonym="Diné bizaad" data-language-local-name="Navajo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Diné bizaad</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://dsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Lower Sorbian" lang="dsb" hreflang="dsb" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Dolnoserbski" data-language-local-name="Lower Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dolnoserbski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakuu" title="Bakuu – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Bakuu" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%8D" title="Μπακού – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μπακού" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-myv mw-list-item"><a href="https://myv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83_%D0%BE%D1%88" title="Баку ош – Erzya" lang="myv" hreflang="myv" data-title="Баку ош" data-language-autonym="Эрзянь" data-language-local-name="Erzya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Эрзянь</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bak%C3%BA" title="Bakú – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Bakú" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakuo" title="Bakuo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Bakuo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%88" title="باکو – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="باکو" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakou" title="Bakou – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Bakou" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bak%C3%BB" title="Bakû – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Bakû" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ff mw-list-item"><a href="https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Fula" lang="ff" hreflang="ff" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Fulfulde" data-language-local-name="Fula" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fulfulde</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fur mw-list-item"><a href="https://fur.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Friulian" lang="fur" hreflang="fur" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Furlan" data-language-local-name="Friulian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Furlan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baki" title="Baki – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Baki" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gag mw-list-item"><a href="https://gag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Gagauz" lang="gag" hreflang="gag" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Gagauz" data-language-local-name="Gagauz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gagauz</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bak%C3%BA" title="Bakú – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Bakú" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-inh mw-list-item"><a href="https://inh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83" title="Баку – Ingush" lang="inh" hreflang="inh" data-title="Баку" data-language-autonym="ГӀалгӀай" data-language-local-name="Ingush" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ГӀалгӀай</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%DA%A9%DB%8A" title="باکۊ – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="باکۊ" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B0%94%EC%BF%A0" title="바쿠 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="바쿠" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D5%A1%D6%84%D5%B8%D6%82" title="Բաքու – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Բաքու" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%82" title="बाकू – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="बाकू" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bak%C4%B1" title="Bakı – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Bakı" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83" title="Баку – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Баку" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zu mw-list-item"><a href="https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Zulu" lang="zu" hreflang="zu" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="IsiZulu" data-language-local-name="Zulu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiZulu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bak%C3%BA" title="Bakú – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Bakú" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%90%D7%A7%D7%95" title="באקו – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="באקו" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%AC%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%81" title="ಬಾಕು – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಬಾಕು" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%A5%E1%83%9D" title="ბაქო – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ბაქო" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83" title="Баку – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Баку" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rw mw-list-item"><a href="https://rw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Kinyarwanda" lang="rw" hreflang="rw" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Ikinyarwanda" data-language-local-name="Kinyarwanda" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ikinyarwanda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kv mw-list-item"><a href="https://kv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83" title="Баку – Komi" lang="kv" hreflang="kv" data-title="Баку" data-language-autonym="Коми" data-language-local-name="Komi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Коми</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kg mw-list-item"><a href="https://kg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Kongo" lang="kg" hreflang="kg" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Kongo" data-language-local-name="Kongo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kongo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakou" title="Bakou – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Bakou" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bak%C3%BB" title="Bakû – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Bakû" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83" title="Баку – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Баку" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83" title="Баку – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="Баку" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lad mw-list-item"><a href="https://lad.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Ladino" lang="lad" hreflang="lad" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Ladino" data-language-local-name="Ladino" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladino</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacua" title="Bacua – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Bacua" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lez mw-list-item"><a href="https://lez.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83" title="Баку – Lezghian" lang="lez" hreflang="lez" data-title="Баку" data-language-autonym="Лезги" data-language-local-name="Lezghian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Лезги</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakoe" title="Bakoe – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Bakoe" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ln mw-list-item"><a href="https://ln.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Lingala" lang="ln" hreflang="ln" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Lingála" data-language-local-name="Lingala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingála</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lfn mw-list-item"><a href="https://lfn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacu" title="Bacu – Lingua Franca Nova" lang="lfn" hreflang="lfn" data-title="Bacu" data-language-autonym="Lingua Franca Nova" data-language-local-name="Lingua Franca Nova" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingua Franca Nova</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-olo mw-list-item"><a href="https://olo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Livvi-Karelian" lang="olo" hreflang="olo" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Livvinkarjala" data-language-local-name="Livvi-Karelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Livvinkarjala</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mad mw-list-item"><a href="https://mad.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Madurese" lang="mad" hreflang="mad" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Madhurâ" data-language-local-name="Madurese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Madhurâ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81_(%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80)" title="बाकु (राजधानी) – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="बाकु (राजधानी)" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83" title="Баку – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Баку" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AC%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%81" title="ബാകു – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ബാകു" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt mw-list-item"><a href="https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Malti" data-language-local-name="Maltese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mi mw-list-item"><a href="https://mi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Māori" lang="mi" hreflang="mi" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Māori" data-language-local-name="Māori" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Māori</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%82" title="बाकू – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="बाकू" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%A5%E1%83%9D" title="ბაქო – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ბაქო" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88" title="باكو – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="باكو" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%88" title="باکو – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="باکو" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mni mw-list-item"><a href="https://mni.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%AF%95%EA%AF%A5%EA%AF%80%EA%AF%A8" title="ꯕꯥꯀꯨ – Manipuri" lang="mni" hreflang="mni" data-title="ꯕꯥꯀꯨ" data-language-autonym="ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ" data-language-local-name="Manipuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Minangkabau</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mdf mw-list-item"><a href="https://mdf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83" title="Баку – Moksha" lang="mdf" hreflang="mdf" data-title="Баку" data-language-autonym="Мокшень" data-language-local-name="Moksha" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Мокшень</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83" title="Баку – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Баку" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%98%E1%80%AC%E1%80%80%E1%80%B0%E1%80%B8%E1%80%99%E1%80%BC%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%B7" title="ဘာကူးမြို့ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ဘာကူးမြို့" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakoe" title="Bakoe – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Bakoe" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81_(%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80)" title="बाकु (राजधानी) – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="बाकु (राजधानी)" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81" title="बाकु – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="बाकु" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BC" title="バクー – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="バクー" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%85" title="Бакох – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Бакох" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pih mw-list-item"><a href="https://pih.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Pitcairn-Norfolk" lang="pih" hreflang="pih" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Norfuk / Pitkern" data-language-local-name="Pitcairn-Norfolk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norfuk / Pitkern</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nov mw-list-item"><a href="https://nov.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Novial" lang="nov" hreflang="nov" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Novial" data-language-local-name="Novial" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Novial</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bak%C3%B3" title="Bakó – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Bakó" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mhr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mhr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83" title="Баку – Eastern Mari" lang="mhr" hreflang="mhr" data-title="Баку" data-language-autonym="Олык марий" data-language-local-name="Eastern Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Олык марий</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boku" title="Boku – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Boku" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%82" title="ਬਾਕੂ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਬਾਕੂ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%88" title="باکو – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="باکو" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pap mw-list-item"><a href="https://pap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Papiamento" lang="pap" hreflang="pap" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Papiamentu" data-language-local-name="Papiamento" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Papiamentu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%88" title="باکو – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="باکو" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tpi mw-list-item"><a href="https://tpi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Tok Pisin" lang="tpi" hreflang="tpi" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Tok Pisin" data-language-local-name="Tok Pisin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tok Pisin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacu" title="Bacu – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Bacu" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kaa mw-list-item"><a href="https://kaa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Kara-Kalpak" lang="kaa" hreflang="kaa" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Qaraqalpaqsha" data-language-local-name="Kara-Kalpak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qaraqalpaqsha</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-crh mw-list-item"><a href="https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baqu" title="Baqu – Crimean Tatar" lang="crh" hreflang="crh" data-title="Baqu" data-language-autonym="Qırımtatarca" data-language-local-name="Crimean Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qırımtatarca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ty mw-list-item"><a href="https://ty.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Tahitian" lang="ty" hreflang="ty" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Reo tahiti" data-language-local-name="Tahitian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Reo tahiti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rm mw-list-item"><a href="https://rm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Romansh" lang="rm" hreflang="rm" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Rumantsch" data-language-local-name="Romansh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Rumantsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83" title="Баку – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="Баку" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83" title="Баку – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Баку" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83" title="Баку – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Баку" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%B5%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%A0%E1%B1%A9" title="ᱵᱟᱠᱩ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱵᱟᱠᱩ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-stq mw-list-item"><a href="https://stq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakoe" title="Bakoe – Saterland Frisian" lang="stq" hreflang="stq" data-title="Bakoe" data-language-autonym="Seeltersk" data-language-local-name="Saterland Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seeltersk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-st mw-list-item"><a href="https://st.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Southern Sotho" lang="st" hreflang="st" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Sesotho" data-language-local-name="Southern Sotho" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sesotho</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%B6%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%94" title="බාකු – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="බාකු" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%DA%AA%D9%88" title="باڪو – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="باڪو" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cu mw-list-item"><a href="https://cu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%83" title="Бакоу – Church Slavic" lang="cu" hreflang="cu" data-title="Бакоу" data-language-autonym="Словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ" data-language-local-name="Church Slavic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%88" title="باکوو – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="باکوو" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-srn mw-list-item"><a href="https://srn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Sranan Tongo" lang="srn" hreflang="srn" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Sranantongo" data-language-local-name="Sranan Tongo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sranantongo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83" title="Баку – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Баку" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%82" title="பக்கூ – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="பக்கூ" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kab mw-list-item"><a href="https://kab.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Kabyle" lang="kab" hreflang="kab" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Taqbaylit" data-language-local-name="Kabyle" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Taqbaylit</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-roa-tara mw-list-item"><a href="https://roa-tara.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Tarantino" lang="nap-x-tara" hreflang="nap-x-tara" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Tarandíne" data-language-local-name="Tarantino" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tarandíne</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a 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data-language-local-name="Uyghur" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bak%C3%B9" title="Bakù – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="Bakù" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vèneto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vep mw-list-item"><a href="https://vep.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Veps" lang="vep" hreflang="vep" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Vepsän kel’" data-language-local-name="Veps" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vepsän kel’</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku" title="Baku – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Baku" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" 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.geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Baku&params=40_23_43_N_49_52_56_E_type:city(2039700)_region:AZ-BA_source:dewiki"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">40°23′43″N</span> <span class="longitude">49°52′56″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">40.39528°N 49.88222°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">40.39528; 49.88222</span></span></span></a></span></span></div></div> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Capital and largest city of Azerbaijan</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Baku_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Baku (disambiguation)">Baku (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Baki_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Baki (disambiguation)">Baki</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Capital city in BIR, Azerbaijan</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) 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.infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Baku</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native"><span title="Azerbaijani-language text"><i lang="az">Bakı</i></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_language" title="Azerbaijani language">Azerbaijani</a>)</span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Capital_city" title="Capital city">Capital city</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1273380762/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti 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style="width:267px;max-width:267px;border:none"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:265px;max-width:265px"><div style="height:175px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gyz-galasy-devichja-bashnja-azerbajdzhan-37.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Gyz-galasy-devichja-bashnja-azerbajdzhan-37.jpg/263px-Gyz-galasy-devichja-bashnja-azerbajdzhan-37.jpg" decoding="async" width="263" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Gyz-galasy-devichja-bashnja-azerbajdzhan-37.jpg/395px-Gyz-galasy-devichja-bashnja-azerbajdzhan-37.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Gyz-galasy-devichja-bashnja-azerbajdzhan-37.jpg/526px-Gyz-galasy-devichja-bashnja-azerbajdzhan-37.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="799" /></a></span></div><div><a href="/wiki/Old_City_(Baku)" title="Old City (Baku)">Old City</a> of Baku and the <a href="/wiki/Maiden_Tower_(Baku)" title="Maiden Tower (Baku)">Maiden Tower</a></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:126px;max-width:126px"><div style="height:85px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%C5%9Eirvan%C5%9Fahlar_saray_kompleksi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/%C5%9Eirvan%C5%9Fahlar_saray_kompleksi.jpg/124px-%C5%9Eirvan%C5%9Fahlar_saray_kompleksi.jpg" decoding="async" width="124" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/%C5%9Eirvan%C5%9Fahlar_saray_kompleksi.jpg/186px-%C5%9Eirvan%C5%9Fahlar_saray_kompleksi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/%C5%9Eirvan%C5%9Fahlar_saray_kompleksi.jpg/248px-%C5%9Eirvan%C5%9Fahlar_saray_kompleksi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5035" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span></div><div><a href="/wiki/Palace_of_the_Shirvanshahs" title="Palace of the Shirvanshahs">Shirvanshah's Palace</a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:137px;max-width:137px"><div style="height:85px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Evening_Baku,_Azerbaijan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Evening_Baku%2C_Azerbaijan.jpg/135px-Evening_Baku%2C_Azerbaijan.jpg" decoding="async" width="135" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Evening_Baku%2C_Azerbaijan.jpg/203px-Evening_Baku%2C_Azerbaijan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Evening_Baku%2C_Azerbaijan.jpg/270px-Evening_Baku%2C_Azerbaijan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3600" data-file-height="2265" /></a></span></div><div><a href="/wiki/Nizami_Street" title="Nizami Street">Nizami Street</a></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:145px;max-width:145px"><div style="height:80px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HIEDAR_ALIYEV_CNTR.%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%9B%D7%96_%D7%94%D7%99%D7%99%D7%93%D7%A8_%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%99%D7%91%D7%91%D7%91%D7%90%D7%A7%D7%95.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/HIEDAR_ALIYEV_CNTR.%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%9B%D7%96_%D7%94%D7%99%D7%99%D7%93%D7%A8_%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%99%D7%91%D7%91%D7%91%D7%90%D7%A7%D7%95.jpg/143px-HIEDAR_ALIYEV_CNTR.%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%9B%D7%96_%D7%94%D7%99%D7%99%D7%93%D7%A8_%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%99%D7%91%D7%91%D7%91%D7%90%D7%A7%D7%95.jpg" decoding="async" width="143" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/HIEDAR_ALIYEV_CNTR.%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%9B%D7%96_%D7%94%D7%99%D7%99%D7%93%D7%A8_%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%99%D7%91%D7%91%D7%91%D7%90%D7%A7%D7%95.jpg/215px-HIEDAR_ALIYEV_CNTR.%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%9B%D7%96_%D7%94%D7%99%D7%99%D7%93%D7%A8_%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%99%D7%91%D7%91%D7%91%D7%90%D7%A7%D7%95.jpg 1.5x, 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/78/MV5D6707.jpg/232px-MV5D6707.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3725" data-file-height="2602" /></a></span></div><div><a href="/wiki/Heydar_Mosque" title="Heydar Mosque">Heydar Mosque</a></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:124px;max-width:124px"><div style="height:91px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Church_of_Saviour_in_Baku.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Church_of_Saviour_in_Baku.jpg/122px-Church_of_Saviour_in_Baku.jpg" decoding="async" width="122" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Church_of_Saviour_in_Baku.jpg/183px-Church_of_Saviour_in_Baku.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Church_of_Saviour_in_Baku.jpg/244px-Church_of_Saviour_in_Baku.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4227" data-file-height="3171" /></a></span></div><div><a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Saviour,_Baku" title="Church of the Saviour, Baku">Church of the Saviour</a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:139px;max-width:139px"><div style="height:91px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ateshgah_Fire_Temple.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Ateshgah_Fire_Temple.jpg/137px-Ateshgah_Fire_Temple.jpg" decoding="async" width="137" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Ateshgah_Fire_Temple.jpg/206px-Ateshgah_Fire_Temple.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Ateshgah_Fire_Temple.jpg/274px-Ateshgah_Fire_Temple.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4372" data-file-height="2906" /></a></span></div><div><a href="/wiki/Ateshgah_of_Baku" title="Ateshgah of Baku">Ateshgah</a></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:265px;max-width:265px"><div style="height:100px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bak%C3%BC_gece_g%C3%B6r%C3%BCn%C3%BC%C5%9F%C3%BC.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Bak%C3%BC_gece_g%C3%B6r%C3%BCn%C3%BC%C5%9F%C3%BC.jpg/263px-Bak%C3%BC_gece_g%C3%B6r%C3%BCn%C3%BC%C5%9F%C3%BC.jpg" decoding="async" width="263" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Bak%C3%BC_gece_g%C3%B6r%C3%BCn%C3%BC%C5%9F%C3%BC.jpg/395px-Bak%C3%BC_gece_g%C3%B6r%C3%BCn%C3%BC%C5%9F%C3%BC.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Bak%C3%BC_gece_g%C3%B6r%C3%BCn%C3%BC%C5%9F%C3%BC.jpg/526px-Bak%C3%BC_gece_g%C3%B6r%C3%BCn%C3%BC%C5%9F%C3%BC.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="392" /></a></span></div><div>View over city and the <a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Baku" title="Bay of Baku">Bay of Baku</a></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Baku%2C_Azerbaijan.svg/195px-Flag_of_Baku%2C_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Baku%2C_Azerbaijan.svg/260px-Flag_of_Baku%2C_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="975" data-file-height="487" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Flag</div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Baku.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of Baku"><img alt="Coat of arms of Baku" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Coat_of_arms_of_Baku.svg/74px-Coat_of_arms_of_Baku.svg.png" decoding="async" width="74" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Coat_of_arms_of_Baku.svg/111px-Coat_of_arms_of_Baku.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Coat_of_arms_of_Baku.svg/148px-Coat_of_arms_of_Baku.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="170" data-file-height="230" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link"><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Baku" title="Coat of arms of Baku">Coat of arms</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Nickname(s): <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname"><a href="/wiki/City_of_Winds" class="mw-redirect" title="City of Winds">City of Winds</a><br />(<span title="Azerbaijani-language text"><i lang="az">Küləklər şəhəri</i></span>)</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Baku_City_in_Azerbaijan.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of Baku in the Republic of Azerbaijan"><img alt="Location of Baku in the Republic of Azerbaijan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Baku_City_in_Azerbaijan.svg/230px-Baku_City_in_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="230" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Baku_City_in_Azerbaijan.svg/345px-Baku_City_in_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Baku_City_in_Azerbaijan.svg/460px-Baku_City_in_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="919" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location of Baku in the <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Republic of Azerbaijan</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="switcher-container"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Reliefkarte_Aserbaidschan_2023.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Baku is located in Azerbaijan"><img alt="Baku is located in Azerbaijan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Reliefkarte_Aserbaidschan_2023.png/250px-Reliefkarte_Aserbaidschan_2023.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="190" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Reliefkarte_Aserbaidschan_2023.png/375px-Reliefkarte_Aserbaidschan_2023.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Reliefkarte_Aserbaidschan_2023.png/500px-Reliefkarte_Aserbaidschan_2023.png 2x" data-file-width="2784" data-file-height="2120" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:42.229%;left:82.803%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Baku"><img alt="Baku" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div>Baku</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location of Baku in Azerbaijan</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Azerbaijan</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Caucasus_topo_map-blank.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Baku is located in Caucasus Mountains"><img alt="Baku is located in Caucasus Mountains" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Caucasus_topo_map-blank.svg/250px-Caucasus_topo_map-blank.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="194" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Caucasus_topo_map-blank.svg/375px-Caucasus_topo_map-blank.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Caucasus_topo_map-blank.svg/500px-Caucasus_topo_map-blank.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1155" data-file-height="898" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:67.106%;left:89.933%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Baku"><img alt="Baku" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div>Baku</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location of Baku in the Caucasus</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Caucasus Mountains</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Asia_laea_relief_location_map.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Baku is located in Asia"><img alt="Baku is located in Asia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Asia_laea_relief_location_map.jpg/250px-Asia_laea_relief_location_map.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Asia_laea_relief_location_map.jpg/375px-Asia_laea_relief_location_map.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Asia_laea_relief_location_map.jpg/500px-Asia_laea_relief_location_map.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="1050" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:40.317%;left:20.256%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Baku"><img alt="Baku" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Baku</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location of Baku in Asia</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Asia</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Baku&params=40_23_43_N_49_52_56_E_type:city(2039700)_region:AZ-BA_source:dewiki"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">40°23′43″N</span> <span class="longitude">49°52′56″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">40.39528°N 49.88222°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">40.39528; 49.88222</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Economic_regions_of_Azerbaijan" title="Economic regions of Azerbaijan">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><b><a href="/wiki/Baku_Economic_Region" title="Baku Economic Region">BIR</a></b></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Districts (raion)</th><td class="infobox-data">12 districts</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Eldar_Azizov" title="Eldar Azizov">Eldar Azizov</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-DENSITY_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DENSITY-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • <a href="/wiki/Capital_city" title="Capital city">Capital city</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,140 km<sup>2</sup> (830 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">−28 m (−92 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/Census_in_Azerbaijan" title="Census in Azerbaijan">2019</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • <a href="/wiki/Capital_city" title="Capital city">Capital city</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,616,948<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Azerbaijan#Most_populous_Azerbaijani_cities" title="List of cities in Azerbaijan">1st</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">1,214/km<sup>2</sup> (3,140/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_area" title="Metropolitan area">Metro</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">3,675,000<sup id="cite_ref-citypopulation.de_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-citypopulation.de-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Bakuvian<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<span title="Azerbaijani-language text"><i lang="az">Bakılı</i></span>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">GDP<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Capital_city" title="Capital city">Capital city</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_manat" title="Azerbaijani manat">AZN</a> 55.4 billion<br />(<a href="/wiki/US$" class="mw-redirect" title="US$">US$</a>32.2 billion) (2017)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Per capita</th><td class="infobox-data">AZN 20,700<br />(US$12,045) (2017)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B4" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+4">UTC+4</a> (<a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Time" title="Azerbaijan Time">AZT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postal_code" title="Postal code">Postal code</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">AZ1000</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">+994 12</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">AZ-BA</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plate" title="Vehicle registration plate">Vehicle registration</a></th><td class="infobox-data">10, 90, 99, 77</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.baku-ih.gov.az">www<wbr />.baku-ih<wbr />.gov<wbr />.az</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><div style="border:4px solid #0177D3; line-height: 1.5; text-align: center;"> <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">UNESCO World Heritage Site</a></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Official name</th><td class="infobox-data">Walled City of Baku with the <a href="/wiki/Palace_of_the_Shirvanshahs" title="Palace of the Shirvanshahs">Shirvanshah's Palace</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maiden_Tower_(Baku)" title="Maiden Tower (Baku)">Maiden Tower</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Cultural</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Criteria</th><td class="infobox-data">iv</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Designated</th><td class="infobox-data">2000 <small>(24th <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Committee" title="World Heritage Committee">session</a>)</small></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reference no.</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/958">958</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_in_Danger" title="List of World Heritage in Danger">Endangered</a></th><td class="infobox-data">2003–2009</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Region</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Western_Asia" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Western Asia">Asia</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Eastern_Europe" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Eastern Europe">Europe</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Baku</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small"><a href="/wiki/American_English" title="American English">US</a>: </span><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'b' in 'buy'">b</span><span title="/ɑː/: 'a' in 'father'">ɑː</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/uː/: 'oo' in 'goose'">uː</span></span>,<span class="wrap"> </span><span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'b' in 'buy'">b</span><span title="/ɑː/: 'a' in 'father'">ɑː</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/uː/: 'oo' in 'goose'">uː</span></span>/</a></span></span>, <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991"><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small"><a href="/wiki/British_English" title="British English">UK</a>: </span><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'b' in 'buy'">b</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/uː/: 'oo' in 'goose'">uː</span></span>,<span class="wrap"> </span><span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'b' in 'buy'">b</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/uː/: 'oo' in 'goose'">uː</span></span>/</a></span></span>;<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_language" title="Azerbaijani language">Azerbaijani</a>: <i lang="az">Bakı</i> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="az-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Azerbaijani" title="Help:IPA/Azerbaijani">[bɑˈcɯ]</a></span> <span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" 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oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:Az-baku.ogg" title="File:Az-baku.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span>) is the <a href="/wiki/Capital_city" title="Capital city">capital</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Azerbaijan" title="List of cities in Azerbaijan">largest city</a> of <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a>, as well as the largest city on the <a href="/wiki/Caspian_Sea" title="Caspian Sea">Caspian Sea</a> and in the <a href="/wiki/Caucasus" title="Caucasus">Caucasus</a> region.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Baku is 28 metres (92 ft) below <a href="/wiki/Sea_level" title="Sea level">sea level</a>, which makes it the <a href="/wiki/List_of_capital_cities_by_elevation" title="List of capital cities by elevation">lowest lying national capital in the world</a> and also the largest city in the world below sea level. Baku lies on the southern shore of the <a href="/wiki/Absheron_Peninsula" title="Absheron Peninsula">Absheron Peninsula</a>, on the <a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Baku" title="Bay of Baku">Bay of Baku</a>. Baku's <a href="/wiki/Urban_population" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban population">urban population</a> was estimated at two million people as of 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-pop_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pop-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Baku is the <a href="/wiki/Primate_city" title="Primate city">primate city</a> of Azerbaijan—it is the sole metropolis in the country, and about 25% of all inhabitants of the country live in Baku's <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_area" title="Metropolitan area">metropolitan area</a>. </p><p>Baku is divided into <a href="#Administrative_divisions">twelve administrative raions</a> and 48 townships. Among these are the townships on the islands of the <a href="/wiki/Baku_Archipelago" title="Baku Archipelago">Baku Archipelago</a>, as well as the industrial settlement of <a href="/wiki/Neft_Da%C5%9Flar%C4%B1" title="Neft Daşları">Neft Daşları</a> built on oil rigs 60 kilometres (37 miles) away from Baku city in the Caspian Sea. The <a href="/wiki/Old_City_(Baku)" title="Old City (Baku)">Old City</a>, containing the <a href="/wiki/Palace_of_the_Shirvanshahs" title="Palace of the Shirvanshahs">Palace of the Shirvanshahs</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Maiden_Tower_(Baku)" title="Maiden Tower (Baku)">Maiden Tower</a>, was designated as a UNESCO <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Site</a> in 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city is the scientific, cultural, and industrial centre of Azerbaijan. Many sizeable Azerbaijani institutions have their headquarters there. In the 2010s, Baku became a venue for major international events. It hosted the <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2012" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2012">57th Eurovision Song Contest</a> in 2012, the <a href="/wiki/2015_European_Games" title="2015 European Games">2015 European Games</a>, 4th <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Solidarity_Games" title="Islamic Solidarity Games">Islamic Solidarity Games</a>, the <a href="/wiki/European_Grand_Prix" title="European Grand Prix">European Grand Prix</a> in 2016, the <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Grand_Prix" title="Azerbaijan Grand Prix">Azerbaijan Grand Prix</a> since 2017, the <a href="/wiki/2019_UEFA_Europa_League_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2019 UEFA Europa League Final">final</a> of the <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_UEFA_Europa_League" title="2018–19 UEFA Europa League">2018–19 UEFA Europa League</a>, <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2020" title="UEFA Euro 2020">UEFA Euro 2020</a> and <a href="/wiki/2024_United_Nations_Climate_Change_Conference" title="2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference">2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Baku" title="Port of Baku">Baku International Sea Trade Port</a> is capable of handling two million tonnes of general and dry bulk cargoes per year.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Baku is renowned for its harsh winds, reflected in its nickname, the "City of Winds". </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Baku is long attested under the <a href="/wiki/Perso-Arabic" class="mw-redirect" title="Perso-Arabic">Perso-Arabic</a> name باکو (<i>Bākū</i>). Early <a href="/wiki/Arabic" title="Arabic">Arabic</a> sources also refer to the city as <i>Bākuh</i> and <i>Bākuya</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> all of which seem to come from a <a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a> name.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The further etymology is unclear. </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/Folk_etymology" title="Folk etymology">popular etymology</a><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the 19th century considered it to be derived from Persian بادکوبه (<i>Bâd-kube</i>, meaning "wind-pounded city", a compound of <i>bād</i>, "wind", and <i>kube</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which is rooted in the verb کوبیدن <i>kubidan</i>, "to pound", thus referring to a place where wind would be strong and pounding,<sup id="cite_ref-Web.archive.org_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Web.archive.org-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as is the case of Baku, which is known to experience fierce winter snow storms and harsh winds). This popular name (<i>Badkubə</i> in modern Azerbaijani script) gained currency as a nickname for the city by the 19th century (e.g., it is used in <i><a href="/wiki/Akinchi" title="Akinchi">Akinchi</a></i>, volume 1, issue 1, p. 1), and is also reflected in the city's modern nickname as the "City of Winds" (Azerbaijani: <i lang="az">Küləklər şəhəri</i>). Another and even less probable folk etymology explains the name as deriving from <i>Baghkuy</i>, meaning "God's town". <i>Baga</i> (now <i>بغ</i> <i>bagh</i>) and <i>kuy</i> are the <a href="/wiki/Old_Persian_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Persian language">Old Persian</a> words for "god" and "town" respectively; the name <i>Baghkuy</i> may be compared with <i><a href="/wiki/Baghdad" title="Baghdad">Baghdād</a></i> ("God-given") in which <i>dād</i> is the Old Persian word for "give". </p><p>During <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic">Soviet rule</a>, the city was spelled in Cyrillic as "Бакы" in Azerbaijani (while the <a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a> spelling was and still is "Баку", <i><span title="Russian-language romanization"><i lang="ru-Latn">Baku</i></span></i>). The modern Azerbaijani spelling, which has been using the Latin alphabet since 1991, is <span title="Azerbaijani-language text"><i lang="az">Bakı</i></span>; the shift from the Perso-Arabic letter و (<i>ū</i>) to Cyrillic "ы" and, later, Latin "ı" may be compared to that in other Azerbaijani words (e.g. compare <span lang="az"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%BE%D9%88#Azerbaijani" class="extiw" title="wikt:قاپو">قاپو</a></span> <i>qāpū</i> in old Perso-Arabic spelling with modern Azerbaijani <i lang="az"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/qap%C4%B1#Azerbaijani" class="extiw" title="wikt:qapı">qapı</a></i>, "door") or in suffixes, as و was often used to transcribe the <a href="/wiki/Vowel_harmony" title="Vowel harmony">vowel harmony</a> in Azerbaijani (which was also the practice in <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Turkish_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ottoman Turkish language">Ottoman Turkish</a>). (See also <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_alphabet" title="Azerbaijani alphabet">Azerbaijani alphabet</a>.) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Baku" title="History of Baku">History of Baku</a> and <a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Baku" title="Timeline of Baku">Timeline of Baku</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Antiquity">Antiquity</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Antiquity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Qobustan_inscription.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Qobustan_inscription.jpg/220px-Qobustan_inscription.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Qobustan_inscription.jpg/330px-Qobustan_inscription.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Qobustan_inscription.jpg/440px-Qobustan_inscription.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>Roman stone inscription in <a href="/wiki/Gobustan_State_Historical_and_Cultural_Reserve" title="Gobustan State Historical and Cultural Reserve">Gobustan</a> dating back to AD 84–96</figcaption></figure> <p>Traces of human settlement in the region of present-day Baku date back to the <a href="/wiki/Stone_Age" title="Stone Age">Stone Age</a>. <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Age" title="Bronze Age">Bronze Age</a> rock carvings have been discovered near Bayil, and a bronze figure of a small fish in the territory of the Old City. These have led some to suggest the existence of a Bronze-Age settlement within the city's territory.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Near <a href="/wiki/Nardaran" title="Nardaran">Nardaran</a>, a place called Umid Gaya features a prehistoric observatory, where images of the sun and of various constellations are carved into rock together with a primitive astronomic table.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Further archeological excavations have revealed various prehistoric settlements, native temples, statues and other artifacts within the territory of the modern city and around it. </p><p>In the 1st century AD, the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Romans</a> organised two Caucasian campaigns and reached what is today Baku. Near the city, in what is today <a href="/wiki/Gobustan_State_Historical_and_Cultural_Reserve" title="Gobustan State Historical and Cultural Reserve">Gobustan</a>, Roman inscriptions dating from AD 84 to 96 survive – some of the earliest written evidences for a city there.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the 6th-century archbishop and historian St. Sophronius of Cyprus, in 71, St. <a href="/wiki/Bartholomew_the_Apostle" title="Bartholomew the Apostle">Bartholomew the Apostle</a> was preaching Christianity in the city of Albana or Albanopolis,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> associated with present-day Baku<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or <a href="/wiki/Derbent" title="Derbent">Derbent</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> both located by the <a href="/wiki/Caspian_Sea" title="Caspian Sea">Caspian Sea</a>. St. Bartholomew managed to convert even members of the local royal family who had worshipped the idol <a href="/wiki/Astaroth" title="Astaroth">Astaroth</a>, but was later martyred by being <a href="/wiki/Flaying" title="Flaying">flayed</a> alive and crucified head down on orders from the pagan king Astyages.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The remains of St. Bartholomew were secretly transferred to <a href="/wiki/Mesopotamia" title="Mesopotamia">Mesopotamia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rise_of_the_Shirvanshahs_and_the_Safavid_era">Rise of the Shirvanshahs and the Safavid era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Rise of the Shirvanshahs and the Safavid era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Shirvanshah" class="mw-redirect" title="Shirvanshah">Shirvanshah</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1541-Battle_in_the_war_between_Shah_Isma%27il_and_the_King_of_Shirvan-Shahnama-i-Isma%27il.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/1541-Battle_in_the_war_between_Shah_Isma%27il_and_the_King_of_Shirvan-Shahnama-i-Isma%27il.jpg/190px-1541-Battle_in_the_war_between_Shah_Isma%27il_and_the_King_of_Shirvan-Shahnama-i-Isma%27il.jpg" decoding="async" width="190" height="247" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/1541-Battle_in_the_war_between_Shah_Isma%27il_and_the_King_of_Shirvan-Shahnama-i-Isma%27il.jpg/285px-1541-Battle_in_the_war_between_Shah_Isma%27il_and_the_King_of_Shirvan-Shahnama-i-Isma%27il.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/1541-Battle_in_the_war_between_Shah_Isma%27il_and_the_King_of_Shirvan-Shahnama-i-Isma%27il.jpg/380px-1541-Battle_in_the_war_between_Shah_Isma%27il_and_the_King_of_Shirvan-Shahnama-i-Isma%27il.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1300" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Miniature_(illuminated_manuscript)" title="Miniature (illuminated manuscript)">miniature painting</a> marking the downfall of the <a href="/wiki/Shirvanshahs" title="Shirvanshahs">Shirvanshahs</a> at the hands of the <a href="/wiki/Safavids" class="mw-redirect" title="Safavids">Safavids</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Baku was the realm of the <a href="/wiki/Shirvanshahs" title="Shirvanshahs">Shirvanshahs</a> during the 8th century AD. The city frequently came under assault from the <a href="/wiki/Khazars" title="Khazars">Khazars</a> and (starting from the 10th century) from the <a href="/wiki/Kievan_Rus%27" title="Kievan Rus'">Rus'</a>. <a href="/wiki/Akhsitan_I" title="Akhsitan I">Akhsitan I</a> built a navy in Baku and successfully repelled a Rus' assault in 1170. After a devastating earthquake struck <a href="/wiki/Shamakhi" title="Shamakhi">Shamakhi</a>, the capital of <a href="/wiki/Shirvan" title="Shirvan">Shirvan</a>, Shirvanshah's court moved to Baku in 1191.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sabayil_relics.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Sabayil_relics.jpg/220px-Sabayil_relics.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Sabayil_relics.jpg/330px-Sabayil_relics.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Sabayil_relics.jpg/440px-Sabayil_relics.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1365" /></a><figcaption>Relics from the sunken <a href="/wiki/Sabayil_Castle" title="Sabayil Castle">Sabayil Castle</a> </figcaption></figure> <p>The Shirvan era greatly influenced Baku and the remainder of present-day Azerbaijan. Between the 12th and 14th centuries, massive fortifications were built in Baku and the surrounding towns. The <a href="/wiki/Maiden_Tower_(Baku)" title="Maiden Tower (Baku)">Maiden Tower</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Ramana_Tower" title="Ramana Tower">Ramana Tower</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Nardaran_Fortress" title="Nardaran Fortress">Nardaran Fortress</a>, the Shagan Castle, the <a href="/wiki/Quadrangular_castle_(Mardakan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Quadrangular castle (Mardakan)">Mardakan Castle</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Round_Castle_(Mardakan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Round Castle (Mardakan)">Round Castle</a> and also the <a href="/wiki/Sabayil_Castle" title="Sabayil Castle">Sabayil Castle</a> on the island of the <a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Baku" title="Bay of Baku">Bay of Baku</a> date from this period. The <a href="/wiki/Old_City_(Baku)" title="Old City (Baku)">city walls of Baku</a> were also rebuilt and strengthened. </p><p>By the early 16th century, Baku's wealth and strategic position attracted the attention of its larger neighbours; in the previous two centuries, it was under the rule of the Iran-centred <a href="/wiki/Kara_Koyunlu" class="mw-redirect" title="Kara Koyunlu">Kara Koyunlu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ak_Koyunlu" class="mw-redirect" title="Ak Koyunlu">Ak Koyunlu</a>. The fall of the Ak Koyunlu brought the city immediately into the sphere of the newly formed Iranian <a href="/wiki/Safavid_dynasty" title="Safavid dynasty">Safavid dynasty</a>, led by king (<i><a href="/wiki/Shah" title="Shah">shah</a></i>) <a href="/wiki/Ismail_I" title="Ismail I">Ismail I</a> (<span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="reigned">r.</abbr> 1501–1524</span>). Ismail I laid siege to Baku in 1501 and captured it; he allowed the Shirvanshahs to remain in power, under Safavid suzerainty. His successor, king <a href="/wiki/Tahmasp_I" title="Tahmasp I">Tahmasp I</a> (<span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="reigned">r.</abbr> 1524–1576</span>), completely removed the Shirvanshahs from power and made Baku a part of the <a href="/wiki/Safavid_Shirvan" title="Safavid Shirvan">Shirvan</a> province. Baku remained as an integral part of his empire and of successive Iranian dynasties for the next centuries, until ceded to the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a> through the 1813 <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Gulistan" title="Treaty of Gulistan">Treaty of Gulistan</a>. The House of Shirvan, which had ruled Baku since the 9th century, was extinguished in the course of Safavid rule. </p><p>At this time, the city was enclosed within lines of strong walls, which were washed by the sea on one side and protected by a wide trench on land. The Ottomans briefly gained control over Baku as a result of the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman%E2%80%93Safavid_War_(1578%E2%80%931590)" title="Ottoman–Safavid War (1578–1590)">Ottoman-Safavid War of 1578–1590</a>; by 1607, it came under Iranian control again.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1604 Shah <a href="/wiki/Abbas_I_of_Persia" class="mw-redirect" title="Abbas I of Persia">Abbas I</a> (<span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="reigned">r.</abbr> 1588–1629</span>) destroyed Baku fortress. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ateshgah_temple_inscription.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Ateshgah_temple_inscription.png/170px-Ateshgah_temple_inscription.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="216" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Ateshgah_temple_inscription.png/255px-Ateshgah_temple_inscription.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Ateshgah_temple_inscription.png/340px-Ateshgah_temple_inscription.png 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="700" /></a><figcaption> <a href="/wiki/Ateshgah_of_Baku" title="Ateshgah of Baku">Atashgah</a> is a temple built by Indian traders before 1745, west of the Caspian Sea. The inscription invokes Lord <a href="/wiki/Shiva" title="Shiva">Shiva</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a> at the Atashgah.</figcaption></figure> <p>Baku had a reputation as a focal point for traders from across the world during the <a href="/wiki/Early_modern_period" title="Early modern period">Early modern period</a>; commerce was active and the area prospered. Notably, traders from the <a href="/wiki/Indian_subcontinent" title="Indian subcontinent">Indian subcontinent</a> established themselves in the region. These Indian traders built the <a href="/wiki/Ateshgah_of_Baku" title="Ateshgah of Baku">Ateshgah of Baku</a> during 17th–18th centuries; the temple was used as a <a href="/wiki/Hindu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu">Hindu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sikh" class="mw-redirect" title="Sikh">Sikh</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Zoroastrian" class="mw-redirect" title="Zoroastrian">Zoroastrian</a> place of worship.<sup id="cite_ref-Ziyadov2012_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ziyadov2012-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Downfall_of_the_Safavids_and_the_Khanate_of_Baku">Downfall of the Safavids and the Khanate of Baku</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Downfall of the Safavids and the Khanate of Baku"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Safavids temporarily lost power in Iran in 1722; Emperor <a href="/wiki/Peter_the_Great" title="Peter the Great">Peter the Great</a> of Russia took advantage of the situation and invaded. As a result of the <a href="/wiki/Russo-Persian_War_of_1722%E2%80%931723" class="mw-redirect" title="Russo-Persian War of 1722–1723">Russo-Persian War of 1722–1723</a>, the Safavids were forced to cede Baku to Russia.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1730 the situation had deteriorated for the Russians; the successes of <a href="/wiki/Nader_Shah" title="Nader Shah">Nader Shah</a> (<span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="reigned">r.</abbr> 1736–1747</span>) led them to sign the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Ganja" title="Treaty of Ganja">Treaty of Ganja</a> near <a href="/wiki/Ganja,_Azerbaijan" title="Ganja, Azerbaijan">Ganja</a> on 10 March 1735, ceding the city and all other conquered territories in the Caucasus back to <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The eruption of instability following Nader Shah's death in 1747 gave rise to the various <a href="/wiki/Khanates_of_the_Caucasus" title="Khanates of the Caucasus">Caucasian khanates</a>. The semi-autonomous Persian-ruled<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Russo-Persian_Wars_and_Iran's_cession"><span id="Russo-Persian_Wars_and_Iran.27s_cession"></span>Russo-Persian Wars and Iran's cession</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Russo-Persian Wars and Iran's cession"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83._%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F._1861.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83._%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F._1861.jpg/270px-%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83._%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F._1861.jpg" decoding="async" width="270" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83._%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F._1861.jpg/405px-%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83._%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F._1861.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83._%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F._1861.jpg/540px-%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83._%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F._1861.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="994" /></a><figcaption>Painting of Baku's shoreline in 1861 by <a href="/wiki/Alexey_Bogolyubov" title="Alexey Bogolyubov">Alexey Bogolyubov</a></figcaption></figure> <p>From the late 18th century, Imperial Russia switched to a more aggressive geopolitical stance towards its two neighbours and rivals to the south, namely Iran and the Ottoman Empire. In the spring of 1796, by <a href="/wiki/Catherine_II_of_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Catherine II of Russia">Catherine II</a>'s order, General <a href="/wiki/Valerian_Zubov" title="Valerian Zubov">Valerian Zubov</a>'s troops started <a href="/wiki/Persian_Expedition_of_1796" class="mw-redirect" title="Persian Expedition of 1796">a large campaign</a> against <a href="/wiki/Qajar_dynasty" title="Qajar dynasty">Qajar</a> Persia.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Zubov had sent 13,000 men to capture Baku, and it was overrun subsequently without any resistance. On 13 June 1796, a Russian flotilla entered Baku Bay, and a garrison of Russian troops was stationed inside the city. Later, however, Emperor <a href="/wiki/Paul_I_of_Russia" title="Paul I of Russia">Paul I</a> of Russia ordered the cessation of the campaign and the withdrawal of Russian forces following the death of his predecessor, <a href="/wiki/Catherine_the_Great" title="Catherine the Great">Catherine the Great</a>. In March 1797 the tsarist troops left Baku and the city became part of <a href="/wiki/Qajar_Iran" title="Qajar Iran">Qajar Iran</a> again. </p><p>In 1813, following the <a href="/wiki/Russo-Persian_War_(1804%E2%80%9313)" class="mw-redirect" title="Russo-Persian War (1804–13)">Russo-Persian War of 1804–1813</a>, Qajar Iran had to sign the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Gulistan" title="Treaty of Gulistan">Treaty of Gulistan</a> with Russia this provided for the cession of Baku and of most of Iran's territories in the <a href="/wiki/North_Caucasus" title="North Caucasus">North Caucasus</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Caucasus" title="South Caucasus">South Caucasus</a> to Russia. During the next and final bout of hostilities between the two, the <a href="/wiki/Russo-Persian_War_(1826%E2%80%9328)" class="mw-redirect" title="Russo-Persian War (1826–28)">Russo-Persian War of 1826–1828</a>, the Iranians briefly recaptured Baku. However, the militarily superior Russians ended this war with a victory as well, and the resulting <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Turkmenchay" title="Treaty of Turkmenchay">Treaty of Turkmenchay</a> (1828) made Baku's inclusion in the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a> definite.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Baku was occupied by the Russian troops during the <a href="/wiki/Russo-Persian_War_(1804%E2%80%9313)" class="mw-redirect" title="Russo-Persian War (1804–13)">war of 1804–13</a>, nearly the entire population of some 8,000 people was ethnic <a href="/wiki/Tat_people_(Caucasus)" title="Tat people (Caucasus)">Tat</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-books.google.nl_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-books.google.nl-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Baku within Russia was the administrative center of the <a href="/wiki/Baku_Uyezd" class="mw-redirect" title="Baku Uyezd">Baku Uyezd</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baku_Governorate" title="Baku Governorate">Baku Governorate</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Baku_Gradonachalstvo" class="mw-redirect" title="Baku Gradonachalstvo">Baku Gradonachalstvo</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Discovery_of_oil">Discovery of oil</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Discovery of oil"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Petroleum_industry_in_Azerbaijan" title="Petroleum industry in Azerbaijan">Petroleum industry in Azerbaijan</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BibiEybat.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/BibiEybat.jpg/270px-BibiEybat.jpg" decoding="async" width="270" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/BibiEybat.jpg/405px-BibiEybat.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/BibiEybat.jpg/540px-BibiEybat.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="365" /></a><figcaption>Oil workers digging an oil well by hand at Bibi-Heybat</figcaption></figure> <p>The Russians built the first <a href="/wiki/Oil_refinery" title="Oil refinery">oil-distilling factory</a> in <a href="/wiki/Balaxani" class="mw-redirect" title="Balaxani">Balaxani</a> in 1837. The first person to drill oil in Baku was an ethnic <a href="/wiki/Armenians" title="Armenians">Armenian</a> <a href="/wiki/Ivan_Mirzoev" title="Ivan Mirzoev">Ivan Mirzoev</a>, who is also known as a 'founding father of Baku's oil industry.'<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Digging for oil began in the 1840s, with the first <a href="/wiki/Oil_well" title="Oil well">oil well</a> drilled in the <a href="/wiki/Bibiheyb%C9%99t" title="Bibiheybət">Bibi-Heybat</a> suburb of Baku in 1846.<sup id="cite_ref-Smil_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smil-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Large-scale <a href="/wiki/Oil_exploration" class="mw-redirect" title="Oil exploration">oil exploration</a> started in 1872 when the Russian imperial authorities auctioned parcels of oil-rich land around Baku to private investors. The pioneer of oil extracting from the bottom of the sea was the Polish geologist <a href="/wiki/Witold_Zglenicki" title="Witold Zglenicki">Witold Zglenicki</a>. Soon after, investors appeared in Baku, including the <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Brothers" class="mw-redirect" title="Nobel Brothers">Nobel Brothers</a> in 1873 and the <a href="/wiki/Rothschild_family" title="Rothschild family">Rothschilds</a> in 1882. An industrial area of oil refineries, better known as <a href="/wiki/Black_City_(Baku)" title="Black City (Baku)">Black Town</a> (<a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>: <span lang="ru">Чёрный город</span>), developed near Baku by the early 1880s.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Professor <a href="/wiki/A._V._Williams_Jackson" title="A. V. Williams Jackson">A. V. Williams Jackson</a> of Columbia University wrote in his work <i>From Constantinople to the Home of Omar Khayyam</i> (1911): </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Baku is a city founded upon oil, for to its inexhaustible founts of naphtha it owes its very existence, its maintenance, its prosperity... At present Baku produces one-fifth of the oil that is used in the world, and the immense output in crude petroleum from this single city far surpasses that in any other district where oil is found. Verily, the words of the Scriptures find illustration here: 'the rock poured me out rivers of oil. Oil is in the air one breathes, in one's nostrils, in one's eyes, in the water of the morning bath (though not in the drinking water, for that is brought in bottles from distant mineral springs), in one's starched linen – everywhere. This is the impression one carries away from Baku, and it is certainly true in the environs.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>By the beginning of the 20th century, half of the oil sold in international markets was extracted in Baku.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Oil_boom" title="Oil boom">oil boom</a> contributed to the massive growth of Baku. Between 1856 and 1910 Baku's population grew at a faster rate than that of <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_I">World War I</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: World War I"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Baku_during_World_War_I" title="Baku during World War I">Baku during World War I</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Army_of_Azerbaijan_in_1918.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Army_of_Azerbaijan_in_1918.jpg/220px-Army_of_Azerbaijan_in_1918.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Army_of_Azerbaijan_in_1918.jpg/330px-Army_of_Azerbaijan_in_1918.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Army_of_Azerbaijan_in_1918.jpg 2x" data-file-width="403" data-file-height="275" /></a><figcaption> Soldiers and officers of the army of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic shortly after the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Baku" title="Battle of Baku">Battle of Baku</a> </figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Neftchiler_Avenue_1918-1920.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Neftchiler_Avenue_1918-1920.jpg/220px-Neftchiler_Avenue_1918-1920.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Neftchiler_Avenue_1918-1920.jpg/330px-Neftchiler_Avenue_1918-1920.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Neftchiler_Avenue_1918-1920.jpg/440px-Neftchiler_Avenue_1918-1920.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="466" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Neftchiler_Avenue" class="mw-redirect" title="Neftchiler Avenue">Neftchiler Avenue</a> in Baku, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1920</span></figcaption></figure> <p>In 1917, after the <a href="/wiki/October_Revolution" title="October Revolution">October Revolution</a> and amidst the turmoil of <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Revolution" title="Russian Revolution">Russian Revolution</a>, Baku came under the control of the <a href="/wiki/26_Baku_Commissars" title="26 Baku Commissars">Baku Commune</a>, led by the veteran Bolshevik <a href="/wiki/Stepan_Shahumyan" class="mw-redirect" title="Stepan Shahumyan">Stepan Shahumyan</a>. Seeking to capitalize on the existing ethnic conflicts, by spring 1918, Bolsheviks inspired and condoned civil war in and around Baku. During the <a href="/wiki/March_Days" title="March Days">March Days</a> of 1918, Bolsheviks and <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Revolutionary_Federation" title="Armenian Revolutionary Federation">Dashnaks</a>, seeking to establish control over Baku streets, faced armed Azerbaijani groups. The Azerbaijanis suffered defeat from the united forces of the Baku Soviet and were massacred by Dashnak teams in what was called the <a href="/wiki/March_Days" title="March Days">March Days</a>. An estimated 3,000–12,000 Azerbaijanis were killed in their own capital.<sup id="cite_ref-smithmusavat_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smithmusavat-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-minahan_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-minahan-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the massacre, on 28 May 1918, the Azerbaijani faction of the <a href="/wiki/Transcaucasian_Democratic_Federative_Republic" title="Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic">Transcaucasian Sejm</a> proclaimed the independence of the <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Democratic_Republic" title="Azerbaijan Democratic Republic">Azerbaijan Democratic Republic</a> (ADR) in <a href="/wiki/Ganja,_Azerbaijan" title="Ganja, Azerbaijan">Ganja</a>, thereby founding the first Muslim-majority <a href="/wiki/Democratic_republic" title="Democratic republic">democratic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Secular" class="mw-redirect" title="Secular">secular</a> <a href="/wiki/Republic" title="Republic">republic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The newly independent Azerbaijani republic, being unable to defend the independence of the country on their own, asked the Ottoman Empire for military support in accordance with clause 4 of the treaty between the two countries. Shortly after, Azerbaijani forces, with support of the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Army_of_Islam" class="mw-redirect" title="Ottoman Army of Islam">Ottoman Army of Islam</a> led by <a href="/wiki/Nuri_Killigil" title="Nuri Killigil">Nuru Pasha</a>, started their advance on Baku, eventually capturing the city from the loose coalition of <a href="/wiki/Bolshevik" class="mw-redirect" title="Bolshevik">Bolsheviks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Socialist-Revolutionary_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Socialist-Revolutionary Party">SRs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Revolutionary_Federation" title="Armenian Revolutionary Federation">Dashnaks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Menshevik" class="mw-redirect" title="Menshevik">Mensheviks</a> and British forces under the command of General <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Dunsterville" title="Lionel Dunsterville">Lionel Dunsterville</a> on 15 September 1918. </p><p>After the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Baku" title="Battle of Baku">Battle of Baku</a> of August–September 1918, the Azerbaijani irregular troops, with the tacit support of the Turkish command, conducted four days of pillaging and killing 10,000–30,000<sup id="cite_ref-Gen_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gen-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Baku" title="Armenians in Baku">Armenians of Baku</a>. This <a href="/wiki/Pogrom" title="Pogrom">pogrom</a> became known as the "<a href="/wiki/September_Days" title="September Days">September Days</a>". Shortly after this, Baku was proclaimed the new capital of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. </p><p>The Ottoman Empire, recognising defeat in World War I by October 1918, signed the <a href="/wiki/Armistice_of_Mudros" title="Armistice of Mudros">Armistice of Mudros</a> with the British (30 October 1918); this meant the evacuation of Turkish forces from Baku. Headed by General <a href="/wiki/William_Montgomery_Thomson" class="mw-redirect" title="William Montgomery Thomson">William Thomson</a>, some 5,000 British troops, including parts of the former <a href="/wiki/Dunsterforce" title="Dunsterforce">Dunsterforce</a>, arrived in Baku on 17 November. Thomson declared himself military governor of Baku and implemented <a href="/wiki/Martial_law" title="Martial law">martial law</a> in the city until "the civil power would be strong enough to release the forces from the responsibility to maintain the public order". British forces left before the end of 1919.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Soviet_period">Soviet period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Soviet period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The independence of the Azerbaijani republic was a significant but short-lived chapter in Baku's history. On 28 April 1920, the <a href="/wiki/11th_Army_(RSFSR)" title="11th Army (RSFSR)">11th Red Army</a> <a href="/wiki/Red_Army_invasion_of_Azerbaijan" title="Red Army invasion of Azerbaijan">invaded</a> Baku and reinstalled the Bolsheviks, making Baku the capital of the <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic">Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic</a>. </p><p>The city underwent many major changes. As a result, Baku played a great role in many branches of Soviet life. Baku was the major oil city of the Soviet Union. From about 1921 the city was headed by the Baku City Executive Committee, commonly known in Russian as <i>Bakgorispolkom</i>. Together with Baku Party Committee (known as the <i>Baksovet</i>), it developed the economic significance of the Caspian metropolis. From 1922 to 1930 Baku became the venue for one of the major <a href="/wiki/Trade_fair" class="mw-redirect" title="Trade fair">trade fairs</a> of the Soviet Union, serving as a commercial bridgehead to Iran and the Middle East.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Baku_during_World_War_II" title="Baku during World War II">Baku during World War II</a></div> <p>The major powers continued to note Baku's growing importance as a major energy hub. During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> (1939–1945) and particularly during the <a href="/wiki/Case_Blue" title="Case Blue">1942 Nazi German invasion of the southwestern Soviet Union</a>, Baku became of vital strategic importance to the <a href="/wiki/Axis_powers" title="Axis powers">Axis powers</a>. In fact, capturing the <a href="/wiki/Petroleum_industry_in_Azerbaijan#World_War_II" title="Petroleum industry in Azerbaijan">oil fields of Baku</a> was a primary goal of the <a href="/wiki/Wehrmacht" title="Wehrmacht">Wehrmacht</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Operation_Edelweiss" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Edelweiss">Operation Edelweiss</a>, carried out between May and November 1942. However, the <a href="/wiki/German_Army_(1935%E2%80%931945)" title="German Army (1935–1945)">German Army</a> reached only a point some 530 kilometres (329 miles) northwest of Baku in November 1942, falling far short of the city's capture before being driven back during the Soviet <a href="/wiki/Operation_Little_Saturn" title="Operation Little Saturn">Operation Little Saturn</a> in mid-December 1942. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fall_of_the_Soviet_Union_and_later">Fall of the Soviet Union and later</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Fall of the Soviet Union and later"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the 1991 <a href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Dissolution of the Soviet Union">dissolution of the Soviet Union</a>, Baku embarked on a process of restructuring on a scale unseen in its history.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thousands of <a href="/wiki/Khrushchevka" title="Khrushchevka">panel buildings</a> from the Soviet period were demolished to make way for a green belt on its shores; parks and gardens were built on the land reclaimed by filling up the beaches of the <a href="/wiki/Baku_Bay" class="mw-redirect" title="Baku Bay">Baku Bay</a>. Improvements were made in general cleaning, maintenance, and garbage collection to bring these services up to Western European standards. The city is growing dynamically and developing at pace on an east–west axis along the shores of the <a href="/wiki/Caspian_Sea" title="Caspian Sea">Caspian Sea</a>. Sustainability has become a key factor in future urban development.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Baku,_Azerbaijan,_satellite_image,_LandSat-5,_2010-09-06.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Baku%2C_Azerbaijan%2C_satellite_image%2C_LandSat-5%2C_2010-09-06.jpg/220px-Baku%2C_Azerbaijan%2C_satellite_image%2C_LandSat-5%2C_2010-09-06.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="189" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Baku%2C_Azerbaijan%2C_satellite_image%2C_LandSat-5%2C_2010-09-06.jpg/330px-Baku%2C_Azerbaijan%2C_satellite_image%2C_LandSat-5%2C_2010-09-06.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Baku%2C_Azerbaijan%2C_satellite_image%2C_LandSat-5%2C_2010-09-06.jpg/440px-Baku%2C_Azerbaijan%2C_satellite_image%2C_LandSat-5%2C_2010-09-06.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4455" data-file-height="3826" /></a><figcaption>Absheron Peninsula satellite image, <a href="/wiki/Landsat_5" title="Landsat 5">Landsat 5</a>, 6 September 2010</figcaption></figure> <p>Baku is situated on the western coast of the <a href="/wiki/Caspian_Sea" title="Caspian Sea">Caspian Sea</a>. In the vicinity of the city there are a number of <a href="/wiki/Mud_volcano" title="Mud volcano">mud volcanoes</a> (Keyraki, Bogkh-bogkha, <a href="/wiki/Lokbatan" class="mw-redirect" title="Lokbatan">Lokbatan</a> and others) and <a href="/wiki/Salt_lake" title="Salt lake">salt lakes</a> (<a href="/wiki/Lake_Boyukshor" title="Lake Boyukshor">Boyukshor</a>, Khodasan, etc.). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Baku has a <a href="/wiki/Cold_semi-arid_climate" class="mw-redirect" title="Cold semi-arid climate">cold semi-arid climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a>: <i>BSk</i>) with hot and humid summers, cool and occasionally wet winters, and strong winds all year long. However, unlike many other cities with such climate features, Baku does not see extremely hot summers and substantial sunshine hours. This is largely because of its northerly <a href="/wiki/Latitude" title="Latitude">latitude</a> and the fact that it is located on a peninsula on the shore of the Caspian Sea. </p><p>Baku, and the <a href="/wiki/Absheron_Peninsula" title="Absheron Peninsula">Absheron Peninsula</a> on which it is situated, is the most arid part of Azerbaijan (<a href="/wiki/Precipitation_(meteorology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Precipitation (meteorology)">precipitation</a> here is around or less than 200 mm (8 in) a year). This is largely due to the <a href="/wiki/Rain_shadow" title="Rain shadow">rain shadow</a> effect from the <a href="/wiki/Caucasus_Mountains" title="Caucasus Mountains">Caucasus Mountains</a>, with corresponding latitudes on the <a href="/wiki/Black_Sea" title="Black Sea">Black Sea</a> on average receiving 2,300 mm (91 in) or more. The majority of the light annual precipitation occurs in seasons other than summer, but none of these seasons is particularly wet. </p><p>During Soviet times, Baku, with its long hours of sunshine and dry healthy climate, was a vacation destination where citizens could enjoy beaches or relax in now-dilapidated <a href="/wiki/Destination_spa" title="Destination spa">spa</a> complexes overlooking the Caspian Sea. The city's past as a Soviet industrial centre left it one of the most polluted cities in the world, as of 2008<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baku&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>.<sup id="cite_ref-ForbesPollution_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ForbesPollution-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the same time, Baku is noted as a very windy city throughout the year, hence the city's nickname the "<a href="/wiki/City_of_Winds" class="mw-redirect" title="City of Winds">City of Winds</a>", and gale-force winds, the cold northern wind <i><a href="/wiki/Khazri" title="Khazri">khazri</a></i> and the warm southern wind <i><a href="/wiki/Gilavar" title="Gilavar">gilavar</a></i> are typical here in all seasons. Indeed, the city is renowned for its fierce winter snow storms and harsh winds.<sup id="cite_ref-Web.archive.org_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Web.archive.org-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The speed of the <i>khazri</i> sometimes reaches 144 km/h (89 mph), which can cause damage to crops, trees and roof tiles.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The daily mean temperature in July and August averages 26.4 °C (79.5 °F), and there is very little rainfall during that season. During summer, the <i>khazri</i> sweeps through, bringing desired coolness. Winter is cool and occasionally wet, with the daily mean temperature in January and February averaging 4.3 °C (39.7 °F). During winter, the <i>khazri</i> sweeps through, driven by polar <a href="/wiki/Air_mass" title="Air mass">air masses</a>; temperatures on the coast frequently drop below freezing and make it feel bitterly cold. Winter <a href="/wiki/Winter_storm" title="Winter storm">snow storms</a> are occasional; <a href="/wiki/Snow" title="Snow">snow</a> usually melts within a few days after each snowfall. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Baku (<a href="/wiki/Ma%C5%9Fta%C4%9Fa" title="Maştağa">Maştağa</a>) (1991–2020 normals) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF9123; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.4<br />(68.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.0<br />(75.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF5E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.8<br />(82.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF5E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.8<br />(82.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF2C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.0<br />(95.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF0600; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">40.5<br />(104.9) </td> <td style="background: #EE0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">42.7<br />(108.9) </td> <td style="background: #F90000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">41.9<br />(107.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF0E00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">39.4<br />(102.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF4E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.1<br />(86.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.0<br />(77.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.0<br />(78.8) </td> <td style="background: #EE0000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">42.7<br />(108.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFEBD8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.3<br />(45.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFE9D4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.6<br />(45.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.9<br />(51.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFAA55; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.8<br />(62.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.4<br />(74.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.0<br />(82.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF4B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.5<br />(86.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF4B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.6<br />(87.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.8<br />(78.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF9730; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.5<br />(67.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFC184; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.4<br />(56.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFDDBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.4<br />(48.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9D3C; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">18.6<br />(65.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFFCFA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.8<br />(40.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFFDFC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.7<br />(40.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFEBD8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.3<br />(45.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC99; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.9<br />(53.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.0<br />(64.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.2<br />(73.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.1<br />(79.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF6700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.5<br />(79.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF860D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.0<br />(71.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFAA56; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.7<br />(62.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.9<br />(51.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFF0E2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.6<br />(43.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFB76F; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">14.9<br />(58.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.9<br />(37.2) </td> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.7<br />(36.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFFEFD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.6<br />(40.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFE0C2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.9<br />(48.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFB973; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.6<br />(58.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF962D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.7<br />(67.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF8001; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.9<br />(73.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8206; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.5<br />(72.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF9D3B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.7<br />(65.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFC387; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.2<br />(55.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFE4C9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.4<br />(47.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFFDFC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.7<br />(40.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">12.0<br />(53.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #9C9CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−13.7<br />(7.3) </td> <td style="background: #B9B9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−8.4<br />(16.9) </td> <td style="background: #C0C0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−7.0<br />(19.4) </td> <td style="background: #C5C5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−6.1<br />(21.0) </td> <td style="background: #E7E7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.2<br />(32.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.0<br />(50.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFD0A2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.2<br />(52.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC99; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.9<br />(53.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFBF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.1<br />(48.4) </td> <td style="background: #EDEDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.2<br />(34.2) </td> <td style="background: #D7D7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2.8<br />(27.0) </td> <td style="background: #C9C9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−5.5<br />(22.1) </td> <td style="background: #9C9CFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−13.7<br />(7.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #CEFFCE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.4<br />(1.28) </td> <td style="background: #CDFFCD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.3<br />(1.19) </td> <td style="background: #E3FFE3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.4<br />(0.72) </td> <td style="background: #E5FFE5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.6<br />(0.65) </td> <td style="background: #E8FFE8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.1<br />(0.59) </td> <td style="background: #F0FFF0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.3<br />(0.37) </td> <td style="background: #F9FFF9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.9<br />(0.15) </td> <td style="background: #F2FFF2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.2<br />(0.32) </td> <td style="background: #D3FFD3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.5<br />(1.12) </td> <td style="background: #CEFFCE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.5<br />(1.28) </td> <td style="background: #BAFFBA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44.3<br />(1.74) </td> <td style="background: #CBFFCB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.6<br />(1.36) </td> <td style="background: #DCFFDC; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">274.1<br />(10.77) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1.0 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #B4B4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6 </td> <td style="background: #ADADFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6 </td> <td style="background: #C1C1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5 </td> <td style="background: #CCCCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4 </td> <td style="background: #D9D9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3 </td> <td style="background: #E5E5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2 </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1 </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2 </td> <td style="background: #E5E5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2 </td> <td style="background: #B4B4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6 </td> <td style="background: #B2B2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6 </td> <td style="background: #B4B4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6 </td> <td style="background: #CBCBFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">49 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowy days </th> <td style="background: #CDCDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4 </td> <td style="background: #D6D6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #D9D9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3 </td> <td style="background: #F4F4FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">10 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #909090; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">79.3 </td> <td style="background: #969696; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">74.8 </td> <td style="background: #B4B469; color:#000000;" class="notheme">116.5 </td> <td style="background: #D7D700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">194.6 </td> <td style="background: #EAEA01; color:#000000;" class="notheme">281.1 </td> <td style="background: #F0F011; color:#000000;" class="notheme">300.4 </td> <td style="background: #F1F111; color:#000000;" class="notheme">311.6 </td> <td style="background: #EAEA02; color:#000000;" class="notheme">283.6 </td> <td style="background: #DCDC00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">214.5 </td> <td style="background: #C1C11C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">144.6 </td> <td style="background: #ABABA3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">92.3 </td> <td style="background: #AAAAA8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">93.5 </td> <td style="background: #D4D400; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2,186.8 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Ultraviolet_index" title="Ultraviolet index">ultraviolet index</a> </th> <td style="background: #3EA72D; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">1 </td> <td style="background: #3EA72D; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">2 </td> <td style="background: #FFF300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4 </td> <td style="background: #F18B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6 </td> <td style="background: #E53210; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">8 </td> <td style="background: #E53210; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">9 </td> <td style="background: #E53210; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">9 </td> <td style="background: #E53210; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">8 </td> <td style="background: #F18B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6 </td> <td style="background: #FFF300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3 </td> <td style="background: #3EA72D; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">1 </td> <td style="background: #3EA72D; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">1 </td> <td style="background: #FFF300; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">5 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: <a href="/wiki/National_Oceanic_and_Atmospheric_Administration" title="National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration">NOAA</a> (precipitation days and sun 1971–1990)<sup id="cite_ref-NOAA1_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA1-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Starlings Roost Weather<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: Meoweather (Snowy days)<sup id="cite_ref-Snow_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Snow-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> infoclimat.fr (extremes)<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="This claim needs references to better sources. (May 2022)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administrative_divisions">Administrative divisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Administrative divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Baku is divided into 12 <i>rayonlar (sub-rayons)</i> (administrative districts) and 5 settlements of city type.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bin%C9%99q%C9%99di_raion" class="mw-redirect" title="Binəqədi raion">Binagadi (Binəqədi) raion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qarada%C4%9F_raion" title="Qaradağ raion">Garadagh (Qaradağ) raion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/X%C9%99tai_raion" title="Xətai raion">Khatai (Xətai) raion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khazar_raion" title="Khazar raion">Khazar (Xəzər) raion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N%C9%99rimanov_raion" title="Nərimanov raion">Narimanov (Nərimanov) raion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N%C9%99simi_raion" title="Nəsimi raion">Nasimi (Nəsimi) raion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nizami_raion" title="Nizami raion">Nizami raion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pirallah%C4%B1_raion" title="Pirallahı raion">Pirallahi (Pirallahı) raion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabail_raion" title="Sabail raion">Sabail (Səbail) raion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabun%C3%A7u_raion" title="Sabunçu raion">Sabunchu (Sabunçu) raion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suraxan%C4%B1_raion" title="Suraxanı raion">Surakhani (Suraxanı) raion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yasamal_raion" title="Yasamal raion">Yasamal raion</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Until 1988, Baku had very large Russian, <a href="/wiki/Armenian_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenian people">Armenian</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jews" title="Jews">Jewish</a> populations which contributed to <a href="/wiki/Cultural_diversity" title="Cultural diversity">cultural diversity</a> and added in various ways (music, literature, architecture and progressive outlook) to Baku's history. With the onset of the <a href="/wiki/First_Nagorno-Karabakh_War" title="First Nagorno-Karabakh War">First Nagorno-Karabakh War</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Pogrom_of_Armenians_in_Baku" class="mw-redirect" title="Pogrom of Armenians in Baku">pogrom against Armenians</a> starting in January 1990, the city's large Armenian population was expelled.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the <a href="/wiki/Collapse_of_the_Soviet_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Collapse of the Soviet Union">collapse of the Soviet Union</a>, <a href="/wiki/President_of_Azerbaijan" title="President of Azerbaijan">Azerbaijani President</a> <a href="/wiki/Heydar_Aliyev" title="Heydar Aliyev">Heydar Aliyev</a> returned several synagogues and a Jewish college, nationalised by the Soviets, to the Jewish community; he encouraged the restoration of these buildings. Seven of the original 11 synagogues, including the Gilah synagogue, built in 1896, and the large Kruei Synagogue, were renovated.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="float:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Year </th> <th colspan="2">Tatars<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">Russians </th> <th colspan="2">Armenians </th> <th colspan="2">Jews </th> <th colspan="2">Others </th> <th rowspan="2">TOTAL </th></tr> <tr> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th></tr> <tr> <td>1851<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>5,000+ </td> <td>67.3 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>405 </td> <td>5.5 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>7,431 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1886<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>37,530 </td> <td>43.3 </td> <td>21,390 </td> <td>24.7 </td> <td>24,490 </td> <td>28.3 </td> <td>391 </td> <td>0.5 </td> <td>2,810 </td> <td>3.2 </td> <td>86,611 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1897<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>40,341 </td> <td>36.0 </td> <td>37,399 </td> <td>33.4 </td> <td>19,099 </td> <td>17.1 </td> <td>3,369 </td> <td>3.0 </td> <td>11,696 </td> <td>10.5 </td> <td>111,904 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1903<sup id="cite_ref-The_Azerbaijani_Turks_page_32_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Azerbaijani_Turks_page_32-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>44,257 </td> <td>28.4 </td> <td>59,955 </td> <td>38.5 </td> <td>26,151 </td> <td>16.8 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>28,513 </td> <td>18.3 </td> <td>155,876 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1913<sup id="cite_ref-The_Azerbaijani_Turks_page_32_66-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Azerbaijani_Turks_page_32-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>45,962 </td> <td>21.4 </td> <td>76,288 </td> <td>35.5 </td> <td>41,680 </td> <td>19.4 </td> <td>9,690 </td> <td>4.5 </td> <td>41,052 </td> <td>19.1 </td> <td>214,672 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1916<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>69,366<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>26.4 </td> <td>79,702 </td> <td>30.4 </td> <td>62,357 </td> <td>23.8 </td> <td>6,412 </td> <td>2.4 </td> <td>44,585 </td> <td>17.0 </td> <td>262,422 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <table class="wikitable" style="float:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Year </th> <th colspan="2">Turks<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">Russians </th> <th colspan="2">Armenians </th> <th colspan="2">Jews </th> <th colspan="2">Others </th> <th rowspan="2">TOTAL </th></tr> <tr> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th></tr> <tr> <td>1917<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>67,190 </td> <td>28.2 </td> <td>77,123 </td> <td>32.4 </td> <td>52,184 </td> <td>21.9 </td> <td>12,427 </td> <td>5.2 </td> <td>29,244<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>12.3 </td> <td>238,168 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1926<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>118,737 </td> <td>26.2 </td> <td>167,373 </td> <td>36.9 </td> <td>76,656 </td> <td>16.9 </td> <td>19,589 </td> <td>4.3 </td> <td>70,978 </td> <td>15.7 </td> <td>453,333 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <table class="wikitable" style="float:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Year </th> <th colspan="2">Azerbaijanis </th> <th colspan="2">Russians </th> <th colspan="2">Armenians </th> <th colspan="2">Jews </th> <th colspan="2">Others </th> <th rowspan="2">TOTAL </th></tr> <tr> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th></tr> <tr> <td>1939<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>215,482 </td> <td>27.4 </td> <td>343,064 </td> <td>43.6 </td> <td>118,650 </td> <td>15.1 </td> <td>31,050 </td> <td>3.9 </td> <td>79,377 </td> <td>10.1 </td> <td>787,623 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1959<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>211,372 </td> <td>32.9 </td> <td>223,242 </td> <td>34.7 </td> <td>137,111 </td> <td>21.3 </td> <td>24,057 </td> <td>3.7 </td> <td>56,725 </td> <td>8.7 </td> <td>652,507 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1970<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>586,052 </td> <td>46.3 </td> <td>351,090 </td> <td>27.7 </td> <td>207,464 </td> <td>16.4 </td> <td>29,716 </td> <td>2.3 </td> <td>88,193 </td> <td>6.9 </td> <td>1,262,515 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1979<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>530,556 </td> <td>52.4 </td> <td>229,873 </td> <td>22.7 </td> <td>167,226 </td> <td>16.5 </td> <td>22,916 </td> <td>2.3 </td> <td>62,865 </td> <td>6.2 </td> <td>1,013,436 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="12"><b>January 1990: <a href="/wiki/Baku_pogrom" title="Baku pogrom">Baku pogrom</a>. Massacre and expulsion of Armenian population</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1,574,252 </td> <td>88.0 </td> <td>119,371 </td> <td>6.7 </td> <td>378 </td> <td>0.02 </td> <td>5,164 </td> <td>0.3 </td> <td>89,689 </td> <td>5.0 </td> <td>1,788,854 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1,848,107 </td> <td>90.3 </td> <td>108,525 </td> <td>5.3 </td> <td>104 </td> <td>0.01 </td> <td>6,056 </td> <td>0.6 </td> <td>83,023 </td> <td>4.1 </td> <td>2,045,815 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ethnic_groups">Ethnic groups</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Ethnic groups"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Christmas_in_Baku_on_January_6,_1904_and_Armenian_church.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/89/Christmas_in_Baku_on_January_6%2C_1904_and_Armenian_church.jpg/220px-Christmas_in_Baku_on_January_6%2C_1904_and_Armenian_church.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/89/Christmas_in_Baku_on_January_6%2C_1904_and_Armenian_church.jpg/330px-Christmas_in_Baku_on_January_6%2C_1904_and_Armenian_church.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/89/Christmas_in_Baku_on_January_6%2C_1904_and_Armenian_church.jpg/440px-Christmas_in_Baku_on_January_6%2C_1904_and_Armenian_church.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="908" /></a><figcaption>The Armenian <a href="/wiki/Saint_Gregory_the_Illuminator%27s_Church,_Baku" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Gregory the Illuminator's Church, Baku">Saint Gregory the Illuminator's Church, Baku</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Today, the vast majority of Baku's population is made up of ethnic <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Azerbaijani people">Azerbaijanis</a>, and the rest are <a href="/wiki/Talysh_people" title="Talysh people">Talysh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russians" title="Russians">Russians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lezgins" title="Lezgins">Lezgi</a> and others. The intensive growth of the population started in the middle of the 19th century when Baku was a small town with a population of about 7,000 people. The population increased again from about 13,000 in the 1860s to 112,000 in 1897 and 215,000 in 1913, making Baku the largest city in the Caucasus region.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Baku has been a cosmopolitan city at certain times during its history, meaning ethnic Azerbaijanis did not constitute the majority of population.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was only in the 1970s that ethnic Azerbaijanis achieved demographic dominance in Baku.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2003 Baku additionally had 153,400 <a href="/wiki/Internally_displaced_person" title="Internally displaced person">internally displaced persons</a> and 93,400 refugees.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8.jpg/220px-%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8.jpg/330px-%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8.jpg/440px-%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4170" data-file-height="3096" /></a><figcaption>The 13th-century <a href="/wiki/Bibi-Heybat_Mosque" title="Bibi-Heybat Mosque">Bibi-Heybat Mosque</a> was built over the tomb of a descendant of the Islamic prophet <a href="/wiki/Muhammad" title="Muhammad">Muhammad</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Bibi_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bibi-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>The religion with the largest community of followers is Islam. The majority of the Muslims are <a href="/wiki/Shia_Islam" title="Shia Islam">Shia Muslims</a>, and the Republic of Azerbaijan has the second-highest Shia population percentage in the world, after <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city's notable mosques include <a href="/wiki/Juma_Mosque_(Baku)" title="Juma Mosque (Baku)">Juma Mosque</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bibi-Heybat_Mosque" title="Bibi-Heybat Mosque">Bibi-Heybat Mosque</a>, <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Mosque_(Baku)" class="mw-redirect" title="Muhammad Mosque (Baku)">Muhammad Mosque</a> and <a href="/wiki/Taza_Pir_Mosque" title="Taza Pir Mosque">Taza Pir Mosque</a>. </p><p>There are some other faiths practised among the different ethnic groups within the country. By article 48 of its <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Azerbaijan" title="Constitution of Azerbaijan">Constitution</a>, Azerbaijan is a <a href="/wiki/Secular_state" title="Secular state">secular state</a> and ensures religious freedom. Religious minorities include <a href="/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Christians" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Orthodox Christians">Russian Orthodox Christians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Levantines_(Latin_Christians)" class="mw-redirect" title="Levantines (Latin Christians)">Catholic Levantines</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georgian_Orthodox_Church" title="Georgian Orthodox Church">Georgian Orthodox Christians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Caucasian_Albania" title="Church of Caucasian Albania">Albanian-Udi Apostolic Christians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lutheranism" title="Lutheranism">Lutherans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_Jews" class="mw-redirect" title="Azerbaijani Jews">Ashkenazi</a> Jews, and <a href="/wiki/Sufi" class="mw-redirect" title="Sufi">Sufi</a> Muslims. Baku is the seat of the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic</a> <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Prefecture_of_Azerbaijan" title="Apostolic Prefecture of Azerbaijan">Apostolic Prefecture of Azerbaijan</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Zoroastrianism" title="Zoroastrianism">Zoroastrianism</a>, although extinct in the city as well as in the rest of the country by the present time, had a long <a href="/wiki/Zoroastrianism_in_Azerbaijan" title="Zoroastrianism in Azerbaijan">history in Azerbaijan</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Nowruz" title="Nowruz">Zoroastrian New Year</a> (Nowruz) continues to be the main holiday in the city as well as in the rest of Azerbaijan. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Baku" title="Economy of Baku">Economy of Baku</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Heyd%C9%99r_%C6%8Fliyev_prospekti_2022-ci_ild%C9%99.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Heyd%C9%99r_%C6%8Fliyev_prospekti_2022-ci_ild%C9%99.jpg/220px-Heyd%C9%99r_%C6%8Fliyev_prospekti_2022-ci_ild%C9%99.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Heyd%C9%99r_%C6%8Fliyev_prospekti_2022-ci_ild%C9%99.jpg/330px-Heyd%C9%99r_%C6%8Fliyev_prospekti_2022-ci_ild%C9%99.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Heyd%C9%99r_%C6%8Fliyev_prospekti_2022-ci_ild%C9%99.jpg/440px-Heyd%C9%99r_%C6%8Fliyev_prospekti_2022-ci_ild%C9%99.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="1280" /></a><figcaption>Heydar Aliyev Avenue, home to the headquarters of multiple <a href="/wiki/Public_company" title="Public company">publicly</a> owned companies and enterprises in Azerbaijan. Along with the <a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Baku" title="Bay of Baku">Bay of Baku</a>, it hosts the majority of the country's <a href="/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Azerbaijan" title="List of tallest buildings in Azerbaijan">skyscrapers</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Iss069e091732.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Iss069e091732.jpg/236px-Iss069e091732.jpg" decoding="async" width="236" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Iss069e091732.jpg/354px-Iss069e091732.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Iss069e091732.jpg/472px-Iss069e091732.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5568" data-file-height="3712" /></a><figcaption>Satellite image of Baku at night</figcaption></figure> <p>Baku is the economic hub of Azerbaijan, hosting many of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_companies_of_Azerbaijan" title="List of companies of Azerbaijan">country's major companies</a> and serving as the center for key industries such as oil and gas, finance, trade, and technology. The city is home to major financial institutions, multinational corporations, and various businesses that contribute to the country’s economy. Baku accounts for approximately 65% of Azerbaijan’s total <a href="/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">GDP</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Azerbaijani <a href="/wiki/Conglomerate_(company)" title="Conglomerate (company)">conglomerates</a> such as <a href="/wiki/PASHA_Holding" title="PASHA Holding">PASHA Holding</a> which is headquartered in Baku, and <a href="/wiki/AF_Holding" title="AF Holding">AF Holding</a>, operate in the city. Baku also attracts a significant portion of the country’s <a href="/wiki/Workforce" title="Workforce">workforce</a>, with many people relocating for job opportunities and business prospects. As of the end of the first quarter of 2023, 52% of hired workers in Azerbaijan were employed in Baku.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to its role as the economic hub, Baku is home to the largest port in the <a href="/wiki/Caspian_Sea" title="Caspian Sea">Caspian</a> <a href="/wiki/Caspian_Sea" title="Caspian Sea">Sea</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Baku" title="Port of Baku">Baku International Sea Trade Port</a>, more commonly known as Port of Baku.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It handles a wide range of <a href="/wiki/Cargo" title="Cargo">cargo</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Container" title="Container">containers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bulk_cargo" title="Bulk cargo">bulk goods</a>, and liquid cargo, with an annual capacity of 15 million tons of cargo. The port also plays an essential role in the <a href="/wiki/Trans-Caspian_International_Transport_Route" title="Trans-Caspian International Transport Route">Trans-Caspian International Transport Route</a>, facilitating trade between <a href="/wiki/East_Asia" title="East Asia">East Asia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Central_Asia" title="Central Asia">Central Asia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Caucasus" title="Caucasus">Caucasus</a> through integrated sea, rail, and road transport.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Port_Baku_Towers.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c0/Port_Baku_Towers.jpg/220px-Port_Baku_Towers.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c0/Port_Baku_Towers.jpg/330px-Port_Baku_Towers.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c0/Port_Baku_Towers.jpg/440px-Port_Baku_Towers.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Port_Baku_Towers" title="Port Baku Towers">Port Baku Towers</a>, high-rise office buildings located on <a href="/wiki/Neftchilar_Avenue" title="Neftchilar Avenue">Neftchiler Avenue</a></figcaption></figure><p> Baku's largest industry is petroleum, and its petroleum exports make it a large contributor to Azerbaijan's <a href="/wiki/Balance_of_payments" title="Balance of payments">balance of payments</a>. The existence of petroleum has been known since the 8th century. In the 10th century, the Arabian traveler, Marudee, reported that both white and black oil were being extracted naturally from Baku.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the 15th century, oil for lamps was obtained from hand-dug surface wells. Commercial exploitation began in 1872, and by the beginning of the 20th century the <a href="/wiki/Petroleum_industry_in_Azerbaijan" title="Petroleum industry in Azerbaijan">Baku oil fields</a> were the largest in the world. Towards the end of the 20th century, much of the onshore petroleum had been exhausted, and drilling had extended into the sea offshore. By the end of the 19th century <a href="/wiki/Skilled_worker" title="Skilled worker">skilled workers</a> and specialists flocked to Baku. By 1900 the city had more than 3,000 oil wells, of which 2,000 were producing oil at industrial levels. Baku ranked as one of the largest centres for the production of <a href="/wiki/Petroleum_industry" title="Petroleum industry">oil industry</a> equipment before World War II. The World War II <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad" title="Battle of Stalingrad">Battle of Stalingrad</a> was fought to determine who would have control of Baku oil fields. Fifty years before the battle, Baku produced half of the world's oil supply.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Panorama_of_Baku_2022.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Panorama_of_Baku_2022.jpg/220px-Panorama_of_Baku_2022.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="119" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Panorama_of_Baku_2022.jpg/330px-Panorama_of_Baku_2022.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Panorama_of_Baku_2022.jpg/440px-Panorama_of_Baku_2022.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3924" data-file-height="2129" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/The_Crescent_Development_project" title="The Crescent Development project">The Crescent Development project</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The oil economy of Baku is undergoing a resurgence, with the development of the massive <a href="/wiki/Azeri%E2%80%93Chirag%E2%80%93Guneshli" class="mw-redirect" title="Azeri–Chirag–Guneshli">Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli</a> field (Shallow water Gunashli by <a href="/wiki/State_Oil_Company_of_Azerbaijan_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic">SOCAR</a>, deeper areas by a consortium led by <a href="/wiki/BP" title="BP">BP</a>), development of the <a href="/wiki/Shah_Deniz_gas_field" title="Shah Deniz gas field">Shah Deniz gas field</a>, the expansion of the <a href="/wiki/Sangachal_Terminal" title="Sangachal Terminal">Sangachal Terminal</a> and the construction of the <a href="/wiki/Baku%E2%80%93Tbilisi%E2%80%93Ceyhan_pipeline" title="Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline">BTC Pipeline</a>. The <a href="/wiki/South_Caucasus_Pipeline" title="South Caucasus Pipeline">South Caucasus Pipeline</a> (SCP), also known as the Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum Pipeline, transports natural gas from Azerbaijan's <a href="/wiki/Shah_Deniz_gas_field" title="Shah Deniz gas field">Shah Deniz gas field</a> to Turkey, with further connections to Europe. Spanning over 690 kilometers, the pipeline has been operational since 2007 and plays a central role in the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Gas_Corridor" title="Southern Gas Corridor">Southern Gas Corridor</a>, which aims to diversify Europe's energy sources with an annual export capacity of up to 25 billion cubic metres of gas.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Baku_Stock_Exchange" title="Baku Stock Exchange">Baku Stock Exchange</a> is Azerbaijan's largest <a href="/wiki/Stock_exchange" title="Stock exchange">stock exchange</a>, and largest in the <a href="/wiki/Caucasus" title="Caucasus">Caucasian</a> region by <a href="/wiki/Market_capitalization" title="Market capitalization">market capitalization</a>. A relatively large number of transnational companies are headquartered in Baku. One of the more prominent institutions headquartered in Baku is the <a href="/wiki/International_Bank_of_Azerbaijan" title="International Bank of Azerbaijan">International Bank of Azerbaijan</a>, which employs over 1,000 people. International banks with branches in Baku include <a href="/wiki/HSBC" title="HSBC">HSBC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_G%C3%A9n%C3%A9rale" title="Société Générale">Société Générale</a> and <a href="/wiki/Credit_Suisse" title="Credit Suisse">Credit Suisse</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tourism_and_shopping">Tourism and shopping</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Tourism and shopping"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Baku_15_10_08_466000.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Baku_15_10_08_466000.jpeg/220px-Baku_15_10_08_466000.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Baku_15_10_08_466000.jpeg/330px-Baku_15_10_08_466000.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Baku_15_10_08_466000.jpeg/440px-Baku_15_10_08_466000.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>Deniz Mall, one of the largest shopping centers in Baku and <a href="/wiki/South_Caucasus" title="South Caucasus">South Cacuasus</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:New_Baku_Flagpole_Sept_2024.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/New_Baku_Flagpole_Sept_2024.jpg/227px-New_Baku_Flagpole_Sept_2024.jpg" decoding="async" width="227" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/New_Baku_Flagpole_Sept_2024.jpg/341px-New_Baku_Flagpole_Sept_2024.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/New_Baku_Flagpole_Sept_2024.jpg/454px-New_Baku_Flagpole_Sept_2024.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/National_Flag_Square" title="National Flag Square">National Flag Square</a> of Baku is home to the largest flag ever raised, towering over the skyline of the capital city</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1273380762/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:229px;max-width:229px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:227px;max-width:227px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:149px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Opening_of_Crescent_Mall_03.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Opening_of_Crescent_Mall_03.jpg/225px-Opening_of_Crescent_Mall_03.jpg" decoding="async" width="225" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Opening_of_Crescent_Mall_03.jpg/338px-Opening_of_Crescent_Mall_03.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Opening_of_Crescent_Mall_03.jpg/450px-Opening_of_Crescent_Mall_03.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3500" data-file-height="2333" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Crescent Mall, part of the <a href="/wiki/The_Crescent_Development_project" title="The Crescent Development project">Crescent Development project</a></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:227px;max-width:227px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:149px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Opening_of_Crescent_Mall_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Opening_of_Crescent_Mall_02.jpg/225px-Opening_of_Crescent_Mall_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="225" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Opening_of_Crescent_Mall_02.jpg/338px-Opening_of_Crescent_Mall_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Opening_of_Crescent_Mall_02.jpg/450px-Opening_of_Crescent_Mall_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3500" data-file-height="2333" /></a></span></div></div></div></div></div> <p>Baku is one of the most important tourist destinations in the Caucasus, with hotels in the city earning 7 million euros in 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many sizable world <a href="/wiki/Hotel_chain" class="mw-redirect" title="Hotel chain">hotel chains</a> have a presence in the city. Baku has many popular <a href="/wiki/List_of_tourist_attractions_in_Baku" title="List of tourist attractions in Baku">tourist and entertainment spots</a>, such as the downtown <a href="/wiki/Fountains_Square,_Baku" title="Fountains Square, Baku">Fountains Square</a>, the One and Thousand Nights Beach, <a href="/wiki/Shikhov_Beach" title="Shikhov Beach">Shikhov Beach</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oil_Rocks" class="mw-redirect" title="Oil Rocks">Oil Rocks</a>. Baku's vicinities feature <a href="/wiki/Yanar_Dag" class="mw-redirect" title="Yanar Dag">Yanar Dag</a>, an ever-blazing spot of natural gas. On 2 September 2010 with the inauguration of <a href="/wiki/National_Flag_Square" title="National Flag Square">National Flag Square</a>, Baku set the <a href="/wiki/Guinness_Book_of_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Guinness Book of Records">world record</a> for tallest <a href="/wiki/Flagpole" title="Flagpole">flagpole</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on 24 May 2011, the city of <a href="/wiki/Dushanbe" title="Dushanbe">Dushanbe</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tajikistan" title="Tajikistan">Tajikistan</a> set a new record with a 3 metres (9.8 feet)-higher flagpole.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A few years later, the Flag Pole was dismantled and the National Flag Square was closed off with fences. It was opened once again after years of repair on On November 8, 2024, to commemorate the <a href="/wiki/Victory_Day_(Azerbaijan)" title="Victory Day (Azerbaijan)">Victory Day</a> over Armenia's forces in <a href="/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh" title="Nagorno-Karabakh">Nagorno-Karabakh</a> region of Azerbaijan. The National Flag Square features a museum, with a collection of about 400 items, along with flags of Khanates and Empires that have been prevalent in the region.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Opening_of_Crescent_Mall_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Opening_of_Crescent_Mall_01.jpg/220px-Opening_of_Crescent_Mall_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Opening_of_Crescent_Mall_01.jpg/330px-Opening_of_Crescent_Mall_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Opening_of_Crescent_Mall_01.jpg/440px-Opening_of_Crescent_Mall_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3500" data-file-height="2333" /></a><figcaption>Back area of the Crescent Mall</figcaption></figure> <p>Baku has several shopping malls, including Ganjlik Mall, Deniz Mall, Crescent Mall, Port Baku Mall, 28 Mall, <a href="/wiki/Park_Bulvar" title="Park Bulvar">Park Bulvar</a>, City Park and Metro Park. The retail areas contain shops from chain stores up to high-end boutiques. Ganjlik Mall particularly stands out, as it is the largest mall in the city of Baku.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Crescent Mall is the newest shopping center in Baku, opening on May 28, 2024. It adds to the city’s growing collection of malls, bringing a variety of stores, restaurants, and entertainment options to the area.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ta%C4%9F%C4%B1yev_qarda%C5%9Flar%C4%B1n%C4%B1n_evi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Ta%C4%9F%C4%B1yev_qarda%C5%9Flar%C4%B1n%C4%B1n_evi.jpg/228px-Ta%C4%9F%C4%B1yev_qarda%C5%9Flar%C4%B1n%C4%B1n_evi.jpg" decoding="async" width="228" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Ta%C4%9F%C4%B1yev_qarda%C5%9Flar%C4%B1n%C4%B1n_evi.jpg/342px-Ta%C4%9F%C4%B1yev_qarda%C5%9Flar%C4%B1n%C4%B1n_evi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Ta%C4%9F%C4%B1yev_qarda%C5%9Flar%C4%B1n%C4%B1n_evi.jpg/456px-Ta%C4%9F%C4%B1yev_qarda%C5%9Flar%C4%B1n%C4%B1n_evi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4247" data-file-height="3168" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Nizami_Street" title="Nizami Street">Nizami Street</a> is considered to be one of the most popular tourist attractions in Baku</figcaption></figure> <p>The city is listed 48th in the 2011 <a href="/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_cities_for_expatriate_employees" title="List of most expensive cities for expatriate employees">list</a> of the most expensive cities in the world conducted by the <a href="/wiki/Mercer_Human_Resource_Consulting" class="mw-redirect" title="Mercer Human Resource Consulting">Mercer Human Resource Consulting</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Nizami_Street" title="Nizami Street">Nizami Street</a>, also known as Targovaya, and the <a href="/wiki/Neftchilar_Avenue" title="Neftchilar Avenue">Neftchilar Avenue</a>, a street known for being home to many luxury and high fashion shops such as <a href="/wiki/Gucci" title="Gucci">Gucci</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dolce_%26_Gabbana" title="Dolce & Gabbana">Dolce & Gabbana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Ford" title="Tom Ford">Tom Ford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Burberry" title="Burberry">Burberry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Celine_(brand)" title="Celine (brand)">Celine</a>, are among the most expensive streets in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Monthly expenses for a single person in Baku are estimated to be around 945 manat without rent ($555 USD), which is significantly lower in comparison to other countries.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For example, average cost of living for a person in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, is about $1308 USD,<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while in <a href="/wiki/Seoul" title="Seoul">Seoul</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a>, its $1074 USD.<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Living costs in Baku per person are below average when comparing to other developed countries, however, average reported salary of a Bakuvian sits at 997 manat, or about $586 USD.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Baku_15_16_31_090000.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Baku_15_16_31_090000.jpeg/187px-Baku_15_16_31_090000.jpeg" decoding="async" width="187" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Baku_15_16_31_090000.jpeg/281px-Baku_15_16_31_090000.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Baku_15_16_31_090000.jpeg/375px-Baku_15_16_31_090000.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="3024" data-file-height="4032" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Old_City_(Baku)" title="Old City (Baku)">Inner City of Baku</a> is the oldest area of the capital</figcaption></figure> <p>Baku, often referred to as the "<a href="/wiki/Paris_of_the_East" title="Paris of the East">Paris of the East</a>," is a city where <a href="/wiki/Eastern_world" title="Eastern world">Eastern</a> and <a href="/wiki/Western_world" title="Western world">Western</a> cultural traditions coexist.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city’s core is the historic center, known as <a href="/wiki/Old_City_(Baku)" title="Old City (Baku)">Icheri Sheher</a> or the Inner City, commonly referred to as the Old City, which contains various landmarks dating back to at least the 12th century. Among these are the <a href="/wiki/Maiden_Tower_(Baku)" title="Maiden Tower (Baku)">Maiden Tower</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Palace_of_the_Shirvanshahs" title="Palace of the Shirvanshahs">Shirvanshahs' Palace</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These buildings reflect the city’s history and the <a href="/wiki/History_of_Asian_art" title="History of Asian art">Asian architectural styles</a> that have influenced Baku’s development. The city's skyline showcases a blend of traditional and <a href="/wiki/Contemporary_architecture" title="Contemporary architecture">contemporary architecture</a>, with places like <a href="/wiki/Baku_Boulevard" title="Baku Boulevard">Baku Boulevard</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fountains_Square,_Baku" title="Fountains Square, Baku">Fountains Square</a> presenting a harmonious mix of historic and modern design elements. The urban landscape of Baku is characterized by a diverse range of buildings that combine the charm of the past with the innovation of the present.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Baku also has a variety of museums and galleries, including the <a href="/wiki/National_Art_Museum_of_Azerbaijan" title="National Art Museum of Azerbaijan">National Art Museum of Azerbaijan</a> and the <a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_History_of_Azerbaijan" title="National Museum of History of Azerbaijan">National Museum of History of Azerbaijan</a>, which display both <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_art" title="Azerbaijani art">traditional Azerbaijani and contemporary art</a>. The city maintains certain traditional crafts such as <a href="/wiki/Knotted-pile_carpet" title="Knotted-pile carpet">carpet-weaving</a> and pottery, of which majority are displayed in <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Carpet_Museum" title="Azerbaijan Carpet Museum">Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum</a>, with older techniques still practiced. Baku’s theater scene includes institutions like the <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_State_Academic_Opera_and_Ballet_Theater" title="Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater">Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_State_Academic_National_Drama_Theatre" title="Azerbaijan State Academic National Drama Theatre">Azerbaijan State Academic National Drama Theatre</a>, which host both local and international performances. Music is an important part of Baku’s cultural landscape, with mugham being a traditional genre of music that has been recognized by <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> as part of the <a href="/wiki/UNESCO_Intangible_Cultural_Heritage_Lists" title="UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists">Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity</a>, which was proclaimed to be a "Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity."<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city also has a diverse music scene, with genres such as <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_pop_music" title="Azerbaijani pop music">pop</a>, <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_rock" title="Azerbaijani rock">rock</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_jazz" title="Azerbaijani jazz">jazz</a> being represented. Additionally, Baku hosts events like the <a href="/wiki/Baku_International_Jazz_Festival" title="Baku International Jazz Festival">Baku International Jazz Festival</a> and the Baku International Film Festival.<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2007, the <a href="/wiki/Heydar_Aliyev_Cultural_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="Heydar Aliyev Cultural Centre">Heydar Aliyev Cultural Centre</a>, designed by <a href="/wiki/Pritzker_Prize" class="mw-redirect" title="Pritzker Prize">Pritzker Prize</a>-winning architect <a href="/wiki/Zaha_Hadid" title="Zaha Hadid">Zaha Hadid</a>, was opened.<sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Baku also has many museums such as <a href="/wiki/Baku_Museum_of_Modern_Art" title="Baku Museum of Modern Art">Baku Museum of Modern Art</a> and <a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_History_of_Azerbaijan" title="National Museum of History of Azerbaijan">National Museum of History</a>, most notably featuring historical artifacts and art. Many of the city's cultural sites were celebrated in 2009 when Baku was designated an Islamic Culture Capital.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Baku was chosen to host the <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Dance_Contest" title="Eurovision Dance Contest">Eurovision Dance Contest</a> 2010. It has also become the first city to host the first <a href="/wiki/European_Games" title="European Games">European Games</a> in <a href="/wiki/2015_European_Games" title="2015 European Games">2015</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Heydar_Aliyev_Cultural_Center.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d3/Heydar_Aliyev_Cultural_Center.jpg/220px-Heydar_Aliyev_Cultural_Center.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d3/Heydar_Aliyev_Cultural_Center.jpg/330px-Heydar_Aliyev_Cultural_Center.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d3/Heydar_Aliyev_Cultural_Center.jpg/440px-Heydar_Aliyev_Cultural_Center.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3201" data-file-height="1886" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Heydar_Aliyev_Cultural_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center">Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Theatres">Theatres</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Theatres"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Azerbaijan_State_Academic_Opera_and_Ballet_Theatre_main_fa%C3%A7ade,_2015.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Azerbaijan_State_Academic_Opera_and_Ballet_Theatre_main_fa%C3%A7ade%2C_2015.jpg/220px-Azerbaijan_State_Academic_Opera_and_Ballet_Theatre_main_fa%C3%A7ade%2C_2015.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Azerbaijan_State_Academic_Opera_and_Ballet_Theatre_main_fa%C3%A7ade%2C_2015.jpg/330px-Azerbaijan_State_Academic_Opera_and_Ballet_Theatre_main_fa%C3%A7ade%2C_2015.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Azerbaijan_State_Academic_Opera_and_Ballet_Theatre_main_fa%C3%A7ade%2C_2015.jpg/440px-Azerbaijan_State_Academic_Opera_and_Ballet_Theatre_main_fa%C3%A7ade%2C_2015.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3132" data-file-height="2138" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_State_Academic_Opera_and_Ballet_Theater" title="Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater">Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_State_Academic_Opera_and_Ballet_Theater" title="Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater">Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_State_Academic_National_Drama_Theatre" title="Azerbaijan State Academic National Drama Theatre">Azerbaijan State Academic National Drama Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_State_Russian_Drama_Theatre" class="mw-redirect" title="Azerbaijan State Russian Drama Theatre">Azerbaijan State Russian Drama Theatre</a> named after Samad Vurgun</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baku_Puppet_Theatre" title="Baku Puppet Theatre">Baku Puppet Theatre</a> (formally Azerbaijan State Puppet Theatre named after Abdulla Shaig)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_State_Theatre_of_Young_Spectators" title="Azerbaijan State Theatre of Young Spectators">Azerbaijan State Theatre of Young Spectators</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_State_Theatre_of_Musical_Comedy" class="mw-redirect" title="Azerbaijan State Theatre of Musical Comedy">Azerbaijan State Theatre of Musical Comedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baku_State_Circus" title="Baku State Circus">Baku State Circus</a></li> <li>"Oda" Theatre</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Baku_Marionette_Theatre" title="The Baku Marionette Theatre">Baku Marionette Theatre</a></li> <li>Baku Municipal Theatre</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_State_Pantomime_Theatre" title="Azerbaijan State Pantomime Theatre">Azerbaijan State Pantomime Theatre</a></li> <li>Mugham Azerbaijan National Music Theatre</li> <li>Azerbaijan State Theatre of Song named after Rashid Behbudov</li> <li>"UNS" Theatre</li> <li>"Yugh" Theatre</li></ul> <p>Among Baku's cultural venues are <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_State_Philharmonic_Hall" class="mw-redirect" title="Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall">Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_State_Academic_Opera_and_Ballet_Theatre" class="mw-redirect" title="Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre">Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre</a>. The main <a href="/wiki/Movie_theater" title="Movie theater">movie theater</a> is Azerbaijan Cinema. Festivals include Baku International Film Festival, <a href="/wiki/Baku_International_Jazz_Festival" title="Baku International Jazz Festival">Baku International Jazz Festival</a>, Novruz Festival, <i>Gül Bayramı</i> (Flower Festival) and the National Theater Festival.<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> International and local exhibitions are presented at the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku_Expo_Centre&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Baku Expo Centre (page does not exist)">Baku Expo Centre</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Museums">Museums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Museums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center" style="max-width: 1115px;"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:National_Museum_of_History_of_Azerbaijan_10.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="National Museum of History"><img alt="National Museum of History" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/National_Museum_of_History_of_Azerbaijan_10.JPG/164px-National_Museum_of_History_of_Azerbaijan_10.JPG" decoding="async" width="164" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/National_Museum_of_History_of_Azerbaijan_10.JPG/245px-National_Museum_of_History_of_Azerbaijan_10.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/National_Museum_of_History_of_Azerbaijan_10.JPG/327px-National_Museum_of_History_of_Azerbaijan_10.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4298" data-file-height="3157" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_History_of_Azerbaijan" title="National Museum of History of Azerbaijan">National Museum of History</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nizami_Museum_of_Azerbaijan_Literature,_Baku,_2015.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Nizami Museum of Literature"><img alt="Nizami Museum of Literature" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Nizami_Museum_of_Azerbaijan_Literature%2C_Baku%2C_2015.jpg/180px-Nizami_Museum_of_Azerbaijan_Literature%2C_Baku%2C_2015.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Nizami_Museum_of_Azerbaijan_Literature%2C_Baku%2C_2015.jpg/270px-Nizami_Museum_of_Azerbaijan_Literature%2C_Baku%2C_2015.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Nizami_Museum_of_Azerbaijan_Literature%2C_Baku%2C_2015.jpg/360px-Nizami_Museum_of_Azerbaijan_Literature%2C_Baku%2C_2015.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3876" data-file-height="1801" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Nizami_Museum_of_Azerbaijani_Literature" title="Nizami Museum of Azerbaijani Literature">Nizami Museum of Literature</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:National_Art_Museum_of_Azerbaijan_(de_Burs_House)_edited.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="National Art Museum"><img alt="National Art Museum" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/National_Art_Museum_of_Azerbaijan_%28de_Burs_House%29_edited.jpg/180px-National_Art_Museum_of_Azerbaijan_%28de_Burs_House%29_edited.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/National_Art_Museum_of_Azerbaijan_%28de_Burs_House%29_edited.jpg/270px-National_Art_Museum_of_Azerbaijan_%28de_Burs_House%29_edited.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/National_Art_Museum_of_Azerbaijan_%28de_Burs_House%29_edited.jpg/360px-National_Art_Museum_of_Azerbaijan_%28de_Burs_House%29_edited.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="2304" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/National_Art_Museum_of_Azerbaijan" title="National Art Museum of Azerbaijan">National Art Museum</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Villa_Petrolea_front.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Villa Petrolea"><img alt="Villa Petrolea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Villa_Petrolea_front.jpg/160px-Villa_Petrolea_front.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Villa_Petrolea_front.jpg/240px-Villa_Petrolea_front.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Villa_Petrolea_front.jpg/320px-Villa_Petrolea_front.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Villa_Petrolea" title="Villa Petrolea">Villa Petrolea</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Baku_Museum_of_Modern_Art_entrance.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Baku Museum of Modern Art"><img alt="Baku Museum of Modern Art" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9f/Baku_Museum_of_Modern_Art_entrance.jpg/160px-Baku_Museum_of_Modern_Art_entrance.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9f/Baku_Museum_of_Modern_Art_entrance.jpg/240px-Baku_Museum_of_Modern_Art_entrance.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9f/Baku_Museum_of_Modern_Art_entrance.jpg/320px-Baku_Museum_of_Modern_Art_entrance.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Baku_Museum_of_Modern_Art" title="Baku Museum of Modern Art">Baku Museum of Modern Art</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%E2%80%9CFrom_Waste_to_Art%E2%80%9D_Museum.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="“From Waste to Art” Museum"><img alt="“From Waste to Art” Museum" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/%E2%80%9CFrom_Waste_to_Art%E2%80%9D_Museum.jpg/180px-%E2%80%9CFrom_Waste_to_Art%E2%80%9D_Museum.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/%E2%80%9CFrom_Waste_to_Art%E2%80%9D_Museum.jpg/270px-%E2%80%9CFrom_Waste_to_Art%E2%80%9D_Museum.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/%E2%80%9CFrom_Waste_to_Art%E2%80%9D_Museum.jpg/360px-%E2%80%9CFrom_Waste_to_Art%E2%80%9D_Museum.jpg 2x" data-file-width="675" data-file-height="450" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%9CFrom_Waste_to_Art%E2%80%9D_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="“From Waste to Art” Museum">“From Waste to Art” Museum</a></div> </li> </ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Museum_Centre_(Baku)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Museum Centre (Baku)">The Museum Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Archaeology_and_Ethnography" title="Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography">Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Carpet_Museum" title="Azerbaijan Carpet Museum">Azerbaijan State Carpet Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Museum_of_Geology" title="Azerbaijan Museum of Geology">Azerbaijan Museum of Geology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%9CFrom_Waste_to_Art%E2%80%9D_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="“From Waste to Art” Museum">“From Waste to Art” Museum</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Absheron_Museum_of_History_and_Local_Studies">Absheron Museum of History and Local Studies</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Absheron Museum of History and Local Studies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <b>Absheron Museum of History and Local Studies</b>(<a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_language" title="Azerbaijani language">Azerbaijani</a>: <i lang="az">Abşeron Tarix-Diyarşünaslıq Muzeyi</i>) started its activities on 21 November 1983. The area of the museum, which was thoroughly renovated in 2015, is 296 square meters and consists of 5 halls. Currently, about 3000 exhibits are preserved in the museum and 1800 items are displayed in the exposition. Exhibits reflecting the history, geography, nature, everyday life and culture of Absheron region are preserved in the museum.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The museum consists of 4 halls, 1 fund room and 1 room for employees. The exhibition area is 250 square meters, the manager's room is 1 square meter, the fund room is 10 square meters, and the staff room is 25 square meters. In 2018, the number of visitors to the museum was 1,932.<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Libraries">Libraries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Libraries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Library_of_Azerbaijan" title="National Library of Azerbaijan">National Library of Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ANAS_Central_Library_of_Science" title="ANAS Central Library of Science">ANAS Central Library of Science</a></li> <li>Presidential Library (former <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Philanthropic_Society_of_Baku" title="Armenian Philanthropic Society of Baku">Library of the Armenian Philanthropic Society</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Architecture">Architecture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Architecture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Architecture_in_Baku" class="mw-redirect" title="Architecture in Baku">Architecture in Baku</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Maiden_Tower_in_Baku_2015.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Maiden_Tower_in_Baku_2015.jpg/220px-Maiden_Tower_in_Baku_2015.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Maiden_Tower_in_Baku_2015.jpg/330px-Maiden_Tower_in_Baku_2015.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Maiden_Tower_in_Baku_2015.jpg/440px-Maiden_Tower_in_Baku_2015.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1999" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Maiden_Tower_(Baku)" title="Maiden Tower (Baku)">Maiden Tower</a> in <a href="/wiki/Old_City_(Baku)" title="Old City (Baku)">Old Baku</a>, a <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Site</a> built in the 11th–12th century, recognised as the symbol of the city.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Baku,_Azerbaiy%C3%A1n,_2016-09-26,_DD_207-209_PAN.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Baku%2C_Azerbaiy%C3%A1n%2C_2016-09-26%2C_DD_207-209_PAN.jpg/220px-Baku%2C_Azerbaiy%C3%A1n%2C_2016-09-26%2C_DD_207-209_PAN.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Baku%2C_Azerbaiy%C3%A1n%2C_2016-09-26%2C_DD_207-209_PAN.jpg/330px-Baku%2C_Azerbaiy%C3%A1n%2C_2016-09-26%2C_DD_207-209_PAN.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Baku%2C_Azerbaiy%C3%A1n%2C_2016-09-26%2C_DD_207-209_PAN.jpg/440px-Baku%2C_Azerbaiy%C3%A1n%2C_2016-09-26%2C_DD_207-209_PAN.jpg 2x" data-file-width="8792" data-file-height="3700" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Multani_Caravanserai" title="Multani Caravanserai">Multani Caravanserai</a>, Baku</figcaption></figure> <p>Baku has wildly varying architecture, ranging from the <a href="/wiki/Old_City_(Baku)" title="Old City (Baku)">Old City</a> core to modern buildings and the spacious layout of Baku port. Many of the city's landmarks were built during the early 20th century, when architectural elements of the European styles were combined in <a href="/wiki/Eclecticism" title="Eclecticism">eclectic</a> style.<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Baku has an original and unique appearance, earning it a reputation as the <i>Paris of the East</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Baku joined <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Creative_Cities_Network" title="Creative Cities Network">Network of Creative Cities</a> as a Design City on 31 October 2019 on the occasion of World Cities' Day.<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Hamams">Hamams</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Hamams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are a number of ancient <a href="/wiki/Hammam" title="Hammam">hamams</a> in Baku dating back to the 12th, 14th and 18th centuries. Hamams play a very important role in the architectural appearance of Baku.<sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Teze_Bey_Hamam">Teze Bey Hamam</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Teze Bey Hamam"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Teze Bey is the most popular hamam (traditional Islamic bath) in Baku. It was built in 1886 in the centre of Baku, and in 2003 it was fully restored and modernised. Along with its modern amenities, Teze Bey features a swimming pool and architectural details inspired by Oriental, Russian and Finnish baths. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Gum_Hamam">Gum Hamam</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Gum Hamam"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gum Hamam was discovered during archaeological excavations underneath the sand; hence the name: Gum hamam (sand bath). It was built sometime during the 12th–14th centuries. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Bairamali_hamam">Bairamali hamam</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Bairamali hamam"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In ancient times, Bairamali Hamam was called "Bey Hamam". The original structure was built sometime during the 12th–14th centuries and was reconstructed in 1881. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Agha_Mikayil_Hamam">Agha Mikayil Hamam</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Agha Mikayil Hamam"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Agha Mikayil Hamam was constructed in the 18th century by Haji Agha Mikayil on Kichik Gala Street in the Old City (Icherisheher). It is still operating in its ancient setting. The Hamam is open to women on Mondays and Fridays and to men on the other days of the week.<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Modern_architecture">Modern architecture</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Modern architecture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Late modern and postmodern architecture began to appear in the early 2000s. With economic development, old buildings such as Atlant House were razed to make way for new ones. Buildings with all-glass shells have appeared around the city, the most prominent examples being the International Mugham Center, <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Tower" title="Azerbaijan Tower">Azerbaijan Tower</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Heydar_Aliyev_Centre&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Heydar Aliyev Centre (page does not exist)">Heydar Aliyev Cultural Centre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Flame_Towers" title="Flame Towers">Flame Towers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baku_Crystal_Hall" title="Baku Crystal Hall">Baku Crystal Hall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baku_White_City" title="Baku White City">Baku White City</a>, <a href="/wiki/SOCAR_Tower" title="SOCAR Tower">SOCAR Tower</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=DENIZ_Mall&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="DENIZ Mall (page does not exist)">DENIZ Mall</a>. These projects also caught the attention of international media as notable programmes such as <a href="/wiki/Discovery_Channel" title="Discovery Channel">Discovery Channel</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Extreme_Engineering" title="Extreme Engineering">Extreme Engineering</a> did pieces focusing in on changes to the city.<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Old City of Baku, also known as the Walled City of Baku, refers to the ancient Baku settlement. Most of the walls and towers, strengthened after the Russian conquest in 1806, survived. This section is picturesque, with its maze of narrow alleys and ancient buildings: the cobbled streets past the <a href="/wiki/Palace_of_the_Shirvanshahs" title="Palace of the Shirvanshahs">Palace of the Shirvanshahs</a>, two <a href="/wiki/Caravanserai" title="Caravanserai">caravansaries</a>, the baths and the <a href="/wiki/Juma_Mosque_(Baku)" title="Juma Mosque (Baku)">Juma Mosque</a> (which used to house the <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_National_Carpet_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum">Azerbaijan National Carpet and Arts Museum</a> but is now a mosque again). The old town core also has dozens of small mosques, often without any particular sign to distinguish them as such. </p><p>In 2003, UNESCO placed the Inner City on the <a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_in_Danger" title="List of World Heritage in Danger">List of World Heritage in Danger</a>, citing damage from a <a href="/wiki/2000_Baku_earthquake" title="2000 Baku earthquake">November 2000 earthquake</a>, poor conservation as well as "dubious" restoration efforts.<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2009 the Inner City was removed from the List of World Heritage in Danger.<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Visual_arts">Visual arts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Visual arts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_statues_in_Baku" title="List of statues in Baku">List of statues in Baku</a></div> <p>The three main institutions for exhibiting <a href="/wiki/Modern_art" title="Modern art">modern</a> and <a href="/wiki/Contemporary_art" title="Contemporary art">contemporary art</a> in Baku are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baku_Museum_of_Modern_Art" title="Baku Museum of Modern Art">Baku Museum of Modern Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heydar_Aliyev_Center" title="Heydar Aliyev Center">Heydar Aliyev Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yarat_Contemporary_Art_Space" class="mw-redirect" title="Yarat Contemporary Art Space">Yarat Contemporary Art Space</a> (<a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_language" title="Azerbaijani language">Azerbaijani</a>: <i lang="az">Yarat Müasir İncəsənət Mərkəzi</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music_and_media">Music and media</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Music and media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pht-Vugar_Ibadov_eurovision_(31).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Pht-Vugar_Ibadov_eurovision_%2831%29.jpg/220px-Pht-Vugar_Ibadov_eurovision_%2831%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Pht-Vugar_Ibadov_eurovision_%2831%29.jpg/330px-Pht-Vugar_Ibadov_eurovision_%2831%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Pht-Vugar_Ibadov_eurovision_%2831%29.jpg/440px-Pht-Vugar_Ibadov_eurovision_%2831%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4256" data-file-height="2832" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Baku_Crystal_Hall" title="Baku Crystal Hall">Baku Crystal Hall</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2012" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2012">Eurovision Song Contest 2012</a></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information on (1916 to 1920): <a href="/wiki/The_Hajibeyli_Brothers%27_Opera-Operetta_Artists%27_Troupe" class="mw-redirect" title="The Hajibeyli Brothers' Opera-Operetta Artists' Troupe">The Hajibeyli Brothers' Opera-Operetta Artists' Troupe</a></div> <p>The music scene in Baku can be traced back to ancient times and villages of Baku, generally revered as the fountainhead of <a href="/wiki/Meykhana" title="Meykhana">meykhana</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mugham" title="Mugham">mugham</a> in the Azerbaijan.<sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Recently, the success of Azerbaijani performers such as <a href="/wiki/Aysel_Teymurzadeh" title="Aysel Teymurzadeh">AySel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Farid_Mammadov" title="Farid Mammadov">Farid Mammadov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sabina_Babayeva" title="Sabina Babayeva">Sabina Babayeva</a>, <a href="/wiki/Safura_Alizadeh" title="Safura Alizadeh">Safura</a> and <a href="/wiki/Elnur_H%C3%BCseynov" title="Elnur Hüseynov">Elnur Hüseynov</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Eurovision Song Contest">Eurovision Song Contest</a> has boosted the profile of Baku's music scene, prompting international attention. Following the victory of Azerbaijan's representative <a href="/wiki/Eldar_%26_Nigar" class="mw-redirect" title="Eldar & Nigar">Eldar & Nigar</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2011" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2011">Eurovision Song Contest 2011</a>, Baku hosted the <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2012" title="Eurovision Song Contest 2012">Eurovision Song Contest 2012</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>2005 was a landmark in the development of <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_jazz" title="Azerbaijani jazz">Azerbaijani jazz</a> in the city. It has been home to legendary jazz musicians like <a href="/wiki/Vagif_Mustafazadeh" title="Vagif Mustafazadeh">Vagif Mustafazadeh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aziza_Mustafa_Zadeh" title="Aziza Mustafa Zadeh">Aziza Mustafa Zadeh</a>, Rafig Babayev and Rain Sultanov.<sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among Baku's prominent annual fairs and festivals is <a href="/wiki/Baku_International_Jazz_Festival" title="Baku International Jazz Festival">Baku International Jazz Festival</a>, which features some of the world's most identifiable jazz names.<sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-141" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Baku also has a thriving <a href="/wiki/Mugham" title="Mugham">International Centre of Mugham</a>, which is located in <a href="/wiki/Baku_Boulevard" title="Baku Boulevard">Baku Boulevard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gulustan_Palace" title="Gulustan Palace">Gulustan Palace</a> and <a href="/wiki/Buta_Palace" title="Buta Palace">Buta Palace</a>, one of the principal <a href="/wiki/Performing_arts_centre" class="mw-redirect" title="Performing arts centre">performing arts centres</a> and <a href="/wiki/Music_venue" title="Music venue">music venues</a> in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-142" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The majority of Azerbaijan's media companies (including television, newspaper and radio, such as, <a href="/wiki/Azad_Azerbaijan_TV" title="Azad Azerbaijan TV">Azad Azerbaijan TV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ictimai_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Ictimai TV">Ictimai TV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lider_TV" title="Lider TV">Lider TV</a> and <a href="/wiki/Region_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Region TV">Region TV</a>) are headquartered in Baku. The films <i><a href="/wiki/The_World_Is_Not_Enough" title="The World Is Not Enough">The World Is Not Enough</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Diamond_Arm" title="The Diamond Arm">The Diamond Arm</a></i>, among <a href="/wiki/List_of_films_shot_in_Baku" title="List of films shot in Baku">others</a>, are set in the city, while <i><a href="/wiki/Amphibian_Man_(film)" title="Amphibian Man (film)">Amphibian Man</a></i> includes several scenes filmed in <a href="/wiki/Old_City_(Baku)" title="Old City (Baku)">Old City</a>. </p><p>The city's radio stations include: <i>Ictimai Radio</i>, <i>Radio Antenn</i>, <i>Burc FM</i>, <i>Avto FM</i>, <a href="/wiki/ASANRadio" class="mw-redirect" title="ASANRadio"><i>ASAN Radio</i></a> and <i>Lider FM Jazz</i> </p><p>Some of Baku's newspapers include the daily <i><a href="/wiki/Azadliq_(newspaper)" title="Azadliq (newspaper)">Azadliq</a></i>, <i>Zaman</i> (The Time), <i>Bakinskiy Rabochiy</i> (Baku Worker), <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Echo_(Azerbaijani_newspaper)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Echo (Azerbaijani newspaper) (page does not exist)">Echo</a></i> and the English-language <i>Baku Today</i>. </p><p>Baku is also featured in the video game <i><a href="/wiki/Battlefield_4" title="Battlefield 4">Battlefield 4</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-143" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nightlife">Nightlife</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Nightlife"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Many clubs that are open until dawn can be found throughout the city. Clubs with an eastern flavour provide special treats from the <a href="/wiki/Cuisine_of_Azerbaijan" class="mw-redirect" title="Cuisine of Azerbaijan">cuisine of Azerbaijan</a> along with local music. Western-style clubs target younger, more energetic crowds.<sup id="cite_ref-144" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most of the <a href="/wiki/Pub" title="Pub">public houses</a> and bars are located near <a href="/wiki/Fountains_Square,_Baku" title="Fountains Square, Baku">Fountains Square</a> and are usually open until the early hours of the morning. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parks_and_gardens">Parks and gardens</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Parks and gardens"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Panoramabild_Baku_Filarmonia_Park.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Panoramabild_Baku_Filarmonia_Park.JPG/350px-Panoramabild_Baku_Filarmonia_Park.JPG" decoding="async" width="350" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Panoramabild_Baku_Filarmonia_Park.JPG/525px-Panoramabild_Baku_Filarmonia_Park.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Panoramabild_Baku_Filarmonia_Park.JPG/700px-Panoramabild_Baku_Filarmonia_Park.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2069" data-file-height="732" /></a><figcaption><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Philarmony garden</div></figcaption></figure> <p>Baku has large sections of greenery, either preserved by the National Government or designated as green zones. The city, however, continues to lack a green belt development as economic activity pours into the capital, resulting in massive housing projects along the suburbs.<sup id="cite_ref-145" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-145"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Baku_Boulevard" title="Baku Boulevard">Baku Boulevard</a> is a pedestrian promenade that runs parallel to Baku's seafront. The boulevard contains an amusement park, <a href="/wiki/Yacht_club" title="Yacht club">yacht club</a>, <a href="/wiki/Musical_fountain" title="Musical fountain">musical fountain</a>, statues and monuments. The park is popular with dog-walkers and joggers and is convenient for tourists. It is adjacent to the newly built <a href="/w/index.php?title=International_Mugam_Centre_of_Azerbaijan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="International Mugam Centre of Azerbaijan (page does not exist)">International Centre of Mugham</a> and the musical fountain. </p><p>Other parks and gardens include Heydar Aliyev Park, Samad Vurgun Park, Narimanov Park, <a href="/wiki/Alley_of_Honor" title="Alley of Honor">Alley of Honor</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Fountains_Square,_Baku" title="Fountains Square, Baku">Fountains Square</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Martyrs%27_Lane" title="Martyrs' Lane">Martyrs' Lane</a>, formerly the Kirov Park, is dedicated to the memory of those who died during the <a href="/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh_conflict" title="Nagorno-Karabakh conflict">Nagorno-Karabakh conflict</a> and also to the 137 people killed on <a href="/wiki/Black_January" title="Black January">Black January</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ilham_Aliyev_watched_the_opening_ceremony_of_the_2018_Formula-1_Azerbaijan_Grand_Prix_and_final_race_32.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Ilham_Aliyev_watched_the_opening_ceremony_of_the_2018_Formula-1_Azerbaijan_Grand_Prix_and_final_race_32.jpg/220px-Ilham_Aliyev_watched_the_opening_ceremony_of_the_2018_Formula-1_Azerbaijan_Grand_Prix_and_final_race_32.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Ilham_Aliyev_watched_the_opening_ceremony_of_the_2018_Formula-1_Azerbaijan_Grand_Prix_and_final_race_32.jpg/330px-Ilham_Aliyev_watched_the_opening_ceremony_of_the_2018_Formula-1_Azerbaijan_Grand_Prix_and_final_race_32.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Ilham_Aliyev_watched_the_opening_ceremony_of_the_2018_Formula-1_Azerbaijan_Grand_Prix_and_final_race_32.jpg/440px-Ilham_Aliyev_watched_the_opening_ceremony_of_the_2018_Formula-1_Azerbaijan_Grand_Prix_and_final_race_32.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1812" data-file-height="1292" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/2018_Azerbaijan_Grand_Prix" title="2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix">2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chelsea_won_UEFA_Europa_League_final_at_Olympic_Stadium_and_President_Ilham_Aliyev_watched_the_final_match_15.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Chelsea_won_UEFA_Europa_League_final_at_Olympic_Stadium_and_President_Ilham_Aliyev_watched_the_final_match_15.jpg/220px-Chelsea_won_UEFA_Europa_League_final_at_Olympic_Stadium_and_President_Ilham_Aliyev_watched_the_final_match_15.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Chelsea_won_UEFA_Europa_League_final_at_Olympic_Stadium_and_President_Ilham_Aliyev_watched_the_final_match_15.jpg/330px-Chelsea_won_UEFA_Europa_League_final_at_Olympic_Stadium_and_President_Ilham_Aliyev_watched_the_final_match_15.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Chelsea_won_UEFA_Europa_League_final_at_Olympic_Stadium_and_President_Ilham_Aliyev_watched_the_final_match_15.jpg/440px-Chelsea_won_UEFA_Europa_League_final_at_Olympic_Stadium_and_President_Ilham_Aliyev_watched_the_final_match_15.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1960" data-file-height="1168" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea</a> playing against <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a> at <a href="/wiki/Baku_Olympic_Stadium" title="Baku Olympic Stadium">Baku Olympic Stadium</a> during the <a href="/wiki/2019_UEFA_Europa_League_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2019 UEFA Europa League Final">2019 UEFA Europa League Final</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Baku hosts a <a href="/wiki/Formula_One" title="Formula One">Formula One</a> race on the <a href="/wiki/Baku_City_Circuit" title="Baku City Circuit">Baku City Circuit</a>. The first was the <a href="/wiki/2016_European_Grand_Prix" title="2016 European Grand Prix">2016 European Grand Prix</a>, with the track going around the old city. The track measures 6.003 km (3.730 mi), and it has been on the Formula One calendar since its 2016 debut. </p><p>The city also hosted three group games and one quarter-final of the <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2020" title="UEFA Euro 2020">UEFA Euro 2020</a> European Football Championship.<sup id="cite_ref-146" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since 2002, Baku has hosted 36 major sporting events and selected to host the <a href="/wiki/2015_European_Games" title="2015 European Games">2015 European Games</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-147" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Baku is also to host the <a href="/wiki/2017_Islamic_Solidarity_Games" title="2017 Islamic Solidarity Games">fourth edition</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Solidarity_Games" title="Islamic Solidarity Games">Islamic Solidarity Games</a> in 2017. </p><p>Baku is also one of world's leading chess centres, having produced <a href="/wiki/Grandmaster_(chess)" title="Grandmaster (chess)">grandmasters</a> like <a href="/wiki/Teimour_Radjabov" title="Teimour Radjabov">Teimour Radjabov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vugar_Gashimov" title="Vugar Gashimov">Vugar Gashimov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Garry_Kasparov" title="Garry Kasparov">Garry Kasparov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shahriyar_Mammadyarov" class="mw-redirect" title="Shahriyar Mammadyarov">Shahriyar Mammadyarov</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rauf_Mammadov" class="mw-redirect" title="Rauf Mammadov">Rauf Mammadov</a>, as well as the arbiter <a href="/wiki/Faik_Hasanov" class="mw-redirect" title="Faik Hasanov">Faik Hasanov</a>. The city also annually hosts the international tournaments such as Baku Chess Grand Prix, President's Cup, Baku Open and bidding to host <a href="/wiki/42nd_Chess_Olympiad" title="42nd Chess Olympiad">42nd Chess Olympiad</a> in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-148" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-148"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-149" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-149"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>First class sporting facilities were built for the indoor games, including the Palace of Hand Games and <a href="/wiki/Heydar_Aliyev_Sports_and_Exhibition_Complex" class="mw-redirect" title="Heydar Aliyev Sports and Exhibition Complex">Heydar Aliyev Sports and Exhibition Complex</a>. It hosted many sporting events, including <a href="/wiki/FIFA_U-17_Women%27s_World_Cup" title="FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup">FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rhythmic_Gymnastics_European_Championships" title="Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships">Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships</a> in <a href="/wiki/2007_Rhythmic_Gymnastics_European_Championships" title="2007 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships">2007</a> and <a href="/wiki/2009_Rhythmic_Gymnastics_European_Championships" title="2009 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships">2009</a>, <a href="/wiki/2005_World_Rhythmic_Gymnastics_Championships" title="2005 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships">2005 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships</a>, <a href="/wiki/2007_FILA_Wrestling_World_Championships" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 FILA Wrestling World Championships">2007 FILA Wrestling World Championships</a> and <a href="/wiki/2010_European_Wrestling_Championships" title="2010 European Wrestling Championships">2010 European Wrestling Championships</a>, <a href="/wiki/2011_World_Amateur_Boxing_Championships" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships">2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships</a>, <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Challenge_Cup_(volleyball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Women's Challenge Cup (volleyball)">2009 Women's Challenge Cup</a> and <a href="/wiki/European_Taekwondo_Championships" title="European Taekwondo Championships">European Taekwondo Championships</a> in 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-150" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-151" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-151"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 2011 the city annually hosts <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Tennis_Association" title="Women's Tennis Association">WTA</a> tennis event called <a href="/wiki/Baku_Cup" title="Baku Cup">Baku Cup</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-152" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-152"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Synergy_Baku_Cycling_Project" title="Synergy Baku Cycling Project">Synergy Baku Cycling Project</a> participates in the <a href="/wiki/Tour_d%27Azerba%C3%AFdjan" title="Tour d'Azerbaïdjan">Tour d'Azerbaïdjan</a> a 2.2 multi-stage bicycle race on the UCI Europe Tour. </p><p>Baku made a bid to host the <a href="/wiki/Baku_bid_for_the_2016_Summer_Olympics" title="Baku bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics">2016 Summer Olympics</a> and <a href="/wiki/Baku_bid_for_the_2020_Summer_Olympics" title="Baku bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics">2020 Summer Olympics</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-153" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but failed to become a Candidate City both times.<sup id="cite_ref-154" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-154"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The largest sports hub in the city is <a href="/wiki/Baku_Olympic_Stadium" title="Baku Olympic Stadium">Baku Olympic Stadium</a> with 69,870 seating capacity, whose construction was completed in 2015. <a href="/wiki/2019_UEFA_Europa_League_final" title="2019 UEFA Europa League final">UEFA Europa League Final 2019</a> was played at the <a href="/wiki/Baku_Olympic_Stadium" title="Baku Olympic Stadium">Olympic Stadium</a> in Baku on 29 May 2019 between <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">English</a> sides <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea</a> and <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-155" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-155"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city's main football clubs is <a href="/wiki/Neftchi_Baku_PFK" class="mw-redirect" title="Neftchi Baku PFK">Neftçi Baku</a> of who first has nine Premier League titles, making Neftchi the most successful Azerbaijani football club. Baku also has several football clubs in the premier and regional leagues, including <a href="/wiki/AZAL_PFK" class="mw-redirect" title="AZAL PFK">AZAL</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ravan_Baku_FK" title="Ravan Baku FK">Ravan</a> in <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Premier_League" title="Azerbaijan Premier League">Premier League</a>. The city's second-largest stadium, <a href="/wiki/Tofiq_Bahramov_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Tofiq Bahramov Stadium">Tofiq Bahramov Stadium</a> hosts a number of domestic and international competitions and was the main sports centre of the city for a long period until the construction of Baku Olympic Stadium. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Women%27s_Volleyball_Super_League" title="Azerbaijan Women's Volleyball Super League">Azerbaijan Women's Volleyball Super League</a>, Baku is represented by <a href="/wiki/Rabita_Baku" class="mw-redirect" title="Rabita Baku">Rabita Baku</a>, <a href="/wiki/Azerrail_Baku" title="Azerrail Baku">Azerrail Baku</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lokomotiv_Baku" title="Lokomotiv Baku">Lokomotiv Baku</a> and <a href="/wiki/Azeryol_Baku" title="Azeryol Baku">Azeryol Baku</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bakutaxi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Bakutaxi.jpg/220px-Bakutaxi.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Bakutaxi.jpg/330px-Bakutaxi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Bakutaxi.jpg/440px-Bakutaxi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="667" /></a><figcaption>Baku black cab, introduced in 2011</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Avtova%C4%9Fzal_stansiyas%C4%B1_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Avtova%C4%9Fzal_stansiyas%C4%B1_1.jpg/220px-Avtova%C4%9Fzal_stansiyas%C4%B1_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Avtova%C4%9Fzal_stansiyas%C4%B1_1.jpg/330px-Avtova%C4%9Fzal_stansiyas%C4%B1_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Avtova%C4%9Fzal_stansiyas%C4%B1_1.jpg/440px-Avtova%C4%9Fzal_stansiyas%C4%B1_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2362" data-file-height="1598" /></a><figcaption>Baku Metro</figcaption></figure> <p>Throughout history, the transport system of Baku used the now-defunct <a href="/wiki/Horsecar" title="Horsecar">horsecars</a>, trams and <a href="/wiki/Narrow_gauge_railways" class="mw-redirect" title="Narrow gauge railways">narrow gauge railways</a>. As of 2011<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baku&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, 1,000 <a href="/wiki/Hackney_carriage" title="Hackney carriage">black cabs</a> are ordered by Baku Taxi Company, and as part of a programme originally announced by the Transport Ministry of Azerbaijan, there is a plan to introduce London cabs into Baku.<sup id="cite_ref-156" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-157" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-157"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The move was part of £16 million agreement between <a href="/wiki/Manganese_Bronze" class="mw-redirect" title="Manganese Bronze">Manganese Bronze</a> subsidiary <a href="/wiki/London_Taxis_International" class="mw-redirect" title="London Taxis International">LTI Limited</a> and Baku Taxi Company.<sup id="cite_ref-158" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-158"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-159" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-159"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Local rail transport includes the <a href="/wiki/Baku_Funicular" title="Baku Funicular">Baku Funicular</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Baku_Metro" title="Baku Metro">Baku Metro</a>, a rapid-transit system notable for its art, murals, mosaics and ornate chandeliers. Baku Metro was opened in November 1967 and includes 3 lines and 25 stations at present; 170 million people used Baku Metro over the past five years.<sup id="cite_ref-160" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-160"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2008, the Chief of Baku Metro, Taghi Ahmadov, announced plans to construct 41 new stations over the next 17 years. These will serve the new <a href="/wiki/Baku_International_Bus_Terminal" title="Baku International Bus Terminal">bus complex</a> as well as the international airport.<sup id="cite_ref-161" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-161"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2019, the <a href="/wiki/Baku_suburban_railway" title="Baku suburban railway">Baku suburban railway</a> opened. </p><p><a href="/wiki/BakuCard" title="BakuCard">BakuCard</a> is a single Smart Card for payment on all types of city transport. The intercity buses and metro use this type of card-based fare-payment system.<sup id="cite_ref-162" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-162"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-163" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-163"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>158<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Baku_Railway_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Baku Railway Station">Baku Railway Station</a> is the terminus for national and international rail links to the city. The <a href="/wiki/Kars%E2%80%93Tbilisi%E2%80%93Baku_railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Kars–Tbilisi–Baku railway">Kars–Tbilisi–Baku railway</a>, which directly connects Turkey, Georgia and <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a>, began to be constructed in 2007 and opened in 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-164" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-164"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The completed branch will connect Baku with <a href="/wiki/Tbilisi" title="Tbilisi">Tbilisi</a> in Georgia, and from there trains will continue to <a href="/wiki/Akhalkalaki" title="Akhalkalaki">Akhalkalaki</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kars" title="Kars">Kars</a> in Turkey.<sup id="cite_ref-165" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-165"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Baku_Funicular_station.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Baku_Funicular_station.jpg/220px-Baku_Funicular_station.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Baku_Funicular_station.jpg/330px-Baku_Funicular_station.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Baku_Funicular_station.jpg/440px-Baku_Funicular_station.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1884" data-file-height="1292" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Baku_Funicular" title="Baku Funicular">Baku Funicular</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Sea transport is vital for Baku, as the city is practically surrounded by the <a href="/wiki/Caspian_Sea" title="Caspian Sea">Caspian Sea</a> to the east. Shipping services operate regularly from Baku across the Caspian Sea to <a href="/wiki/T%C3%BCrkmenba%C5%9Fy,_Turkmenistan" title="Türkmenbaşy, Turkmenistan">Turkmenbashi</a> (formerly Krasnovodsk) in <a href="/wiki/Turkmenistan" title="Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</a> and to <a href="/wiki/Bandar-e_Anzali" title="Bandar-e Anzali">Bandar Anzali</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nowshahr" title="Nowshahr">Bandar Nowshar</a> in Iran.<sup id="cite_ref-166" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-166"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The commuter ferries, along with the high-speed catamaran <i>Seabus</i> (<i>Deniz Avtobusu</i>), also form the main connection between the city and the <a href="/wiki/Absheron_peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Absheron peninsula">Absheron peninsula</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-167" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-167"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Baku Port was founded in 1902 and claims to be the largest Caspian Sea port. It has six facilities: the main cargo terminal, the container terminal, the ferry terminal, the oil terminal, the passenger terminal and the port fleet terminal. The port's throughput capacity reaches 15 million <a href="/wiki/Tonnes" class="mw-redirect" title="Tonnes">tonnes</a> of liquid bulk and up to 10 million tons of dry cargoes.<sup id="cite_ref-168" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-168"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2010, the <a href="/wiki/Baku_International_Sea_Trade_Port" class="mw-redirect" title="Baku International Sea Trade Port">Baku International Sea Trade Port</a> began to be reconstructed. The construction was planned to take place in three stages and to be completed by 2016. The estimated costs were US$400 million.<sup id="cite_ref-169" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-169"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>164<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From April to November, Baku Port is accessible to ships loading cargoes for direct voyages from Western European and Mediterranean ports. The State Road M-1 and the <a href="/wiki/European_route_E60" title="European route E60">European route E60</a> are the two main motorway connections between Europe and Azerbaijan. The motorway network around Baku is well-developed and is constantly being extended. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Heydar_Aliyev_International_Airport" title="Heydar Aliyev International Airport">Heydar Aliyev International Airport</a> is the only commercial airport serving Baku. The new <a href="/wiki/Baku_Cargo_Terminal" class="mw-redirect" title="Baku Cargo Terminal">Baku Cargo Terminal</a> was officially opened in March 2005. It was constructed to be a major cargo hub in the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Independent_States" title="Commonwealth of Independent States">CIS</a> countries, and is actually now one of the biggest and most technically advanced in the region.<sup id="cite_ref-170" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-170"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources"><span title="The material near this tag may rely on an unreliable source. domain on WP:BLACKLIST (June 2016)">unreliable source?</span></a></i>]</sup> There are also several smaller <a href="/wiki/Military_airbase" class="mw-redirect" title="Military airbase">military airbases</a> near Baku, such as <a href="/wiki/Baku_Kala_Air_Base" title="Baku Kala Air Base">Baku Kala Air Base</a>, intended for private aircraft, <a href="/wiki/Helicopter" title="Helicopter">helicopters</a> and charters.<sup id="cite_ref-171" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-171"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>166<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_universities_in_Baku" title="List of universities in Baku">List of universities in Baku</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baku_Oxford_School" title="Baku Oxford School">Baku Oxford School</a>, international school</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Secondary_schools">Secondary schools</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Secondary schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elite_Gymnasium" title="Elite Gymnasium">Elite Gymnasium</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Health_care">Health care</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Health care"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the Ministry of Healthcare, healthcare facilities in Baku are "highly developed compared with the regions and doctors are waiting to work there. The regions, meanwhile, lack both doctors and clinics providing specialized medical treatment." Resulting in citizens travelling for many hours to Baku to receive adequate medical treatment.<sup id="cite_ref-172" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-172"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>167<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_residents">Notable residents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Notable residents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Baku" title="List of people from Baku">List of people from Baku</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Category:People_from_Baku" title="Category:People from Baku">Category:People from Baku</a></div><ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lotfi_Zadeh_Berkeley_c.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Lotfi A. Zadeh, artificial intelligence researcher, founder of fuzzy mathematics, fuzzy set theory, and fuzzy logic"><img alt="Lotfi A. Zadeh, artificial intelligence researcher, founder of fuzzy mathematics, fuzzy set theory, and fuzzy logic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Lotfi_Zadeh_Berkeley_c.jpg/106px-Lotfi_Zadeh_Berkeley_c.jpg" decoding="async" width="106" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Lotfi_Zadeh_Berkeley_c.jpg/160px-Lotfi_Zadeh_Berkeley_c.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Lotfi_Zadeh_Berkeley_c.jpg/213px-Lotfi_Zadeh_Berkeley_c.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1856" data-file-height="2786" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Lotfi_A._Zadeh" title="Lotfi A. Zadeh">Lotfi A. Zadeh</a>, artificial intelligence researcher, founder of <a href="/wiki/Fuzzy_mathematics" title="Fuzzy mathematics">fuzzy mathematics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fuzzy_set" title="Fuzzy set">fuzzy set</a> theory, and <a href="/wiki/Fuzzy_logic" title="Fuzzy logic">fuzzy logic</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Landau.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Physicist Lev Landau, Baku State University student, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1962"><img alt="Physicist Lev Landau, Baku State University student, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1962" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Landau.jpg/113px-Landau.jpg" decoding="async" width="113" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Landau.jpg/170px-Landau.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Landau.jpg/226px-Landau.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1080" data-file-height="1527" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Physicist" title="Physicist">Physicist</a> <a href="/wiki/Lev_Landau" title="Lev Landau">Lev Landau</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baku_State_University" title="Baku State University">Baku State University</a> student, winner of the <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics" title="Nobel Prize in Physics">Nobel Prize in Physics</a> in 1962</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stamps_of_Azerbaijan,_2007-813.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kerim Kerimov, one of the founders of the Soviet space program"><img alt="Kerim Kerimov, one of the founders of the Soviet space program" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Stamps_of_Azerbaijan%2C_2007-813.jpg/112px-Stamps_of_Azerbaijan%2C_2007-813.jpg" decoding="async" width="112" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Stamps_of_Azerbaijan%2C_2007-813.jpg/168px-Stamps_of_Azerbaijan%2C_2007-813.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Stamps_of_Azerbaijan%2C_2007-813.jpg/224px-Stamps_of_Azerbaijan%2C_2007-813.jpg 2x" data-file-width="332" data-file-height="473" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Kerim_Kerimov" title="Kerim Kerimov">Kerim Kerimov</a>, one of the founders of the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_space_program" title="Soviet space program">Soviet space program</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kasparov-34.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Garry Kasparov, chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion"><img alt="Garry Kasparov, chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Kasparov-34.jpg/108px-Kasparov-34.jpg" decoding="async" width="108" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Kasparov-34.jpg/162px-Kasparov-34.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Kasparov-34.jpg/217px-Kasparov-34.jpg 2x" data-file-width="311" data-file-height="459" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Garry_Kasparov" title="Garry Kasparov">Garry Kasparov</a>, chess <a href="/wiki/International_Grandmaster" class="mw-redirect" title="International Grandmaster">grandmaster</a>, former <a href="/wiki/World_Chess_Champion" class="mw-redirect" title="World Chess Champion">World Chess Champion</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mushfig.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Mikayil Mushfig, Bakuvian poet and victim of the Stalinist purges"><img alt="Mikayil Mushfig, Bakuvian poet and victim of the Stalinist purges" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Mushfig.JPG/113px-Mushfig.JPG" decoding="async" width="113" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Mushfig.JPG/169px-Mushfig.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Mushfig.JPG/226px-Mushfig.JPG 2x" data-file-width="288" data-file-height="408" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Mikayil_Mushfig" title="Mikayil Mushfig">Mikayil Mushfig</a>, Bakuvian poet and victim of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Purge" title="Great Purge">Stalinist purges</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tofiq_Bahramov.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Tofiq Bahramov, a Soviet footballer and football referee from Azerbaijan"><img alt="Tofiq Bahramov, a Soviet footballer and football referee from Azerbaijan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Tofiq_Bahramov.jpg/160px-Tofiq_Bahramov.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Tofiq_Bahramov.jpg/240px-Tofiq_Bahramov.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Tofiq_Bahramov.jpg/320px-Tofiq_Bahramov.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1872" data-file-height="1470" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Tofiq_Bahramov" title="Tofiq Bahramov">Tofiq Bahramov</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet</a> footballer and <a href="/wiki/Referee_(association_football)" title="Referee (association football)">football referee</a> from <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%82_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Vagit Alekperov, President of the leading Russian oil company LUKOIL"><img alt="Vagit Alekperov, President of the leading Russian oil company LUKOIL" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%82_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2.jpg/115px-%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%82_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2.jpg" decoding="async" width="115" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%82_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2.jpg/173px-%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%82_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%82_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2.jpg/230px-%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%82_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="418" data-file-height="580" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Vagit_Alekperov" title="Vagit Alekperov">Vagit Alekperov</a>, President of the leading Russian <a href="/wiki/Oil_company" class="mw-redirect" title="Oil company">oil company</a> <a href="/wiki/LUKOIL" class="mw-redirect" title="LUKOIL">LUKOIL</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Muslim_Magomaev.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Muslim Magomayev, singer"><img alt="Muslim Magomayev, singer" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Muslim_Magomaev.jpg/103px-Muslim_Magomaev.jpg" decoding="async" width="103" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Muslim_Magomaev.jpg/155px-Muslim_Magomaev.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Muslim_Magomaev.jpg/206px-Muslim_Magomaev.jpg 2x" data-file-width="774" data-file-height="1199" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Muslim_Magomayev_(musician)" title="Muslim Magomayev (musician)">Muslim Magomayev</a>, singer</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RIAN_archive_438589_Mstislav_Rostropovich.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mstislav Rostropovich, Grammy Award–winning cellist"><img alt="Mstislav Rostropovich, Grammy Award–winning cellist" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/RIAN_archive_438589_Mstislav_Rostropovich.jpg/106px-RIAN_archive_438589_Mstislav_Rostropovich.jpg" decoding="async" width="106" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/RIAN_archive_438589_Mstislav_Rostropovich.jpg/159px-RIAN_archive_438589_Mstislav_Rostropovich.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/RIAN_archive_438589_Mstislav_Rostropovich.jpg/211px-RIAN_archive_438589_Mstislav_Rostropovich.jpg 2x" data-file-width="677" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Mstislav_Rostropovich" title="Mstislav Rostropovich">Mstislav Rostropovich</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Chamber_Music_Performance" title="Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance">Grammy Award</a>–winning cellist</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gusman_Yliy.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Yuli Gusman, film director and actor, founder and CEO of the Nika Award"><img alt="Yuli Gusman, film director and actor, founder and CEO of the Nika Award" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Gusman_Yliy.jpg/150px-Gusman_Yliy.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Gusman_Yliy.jpg/225px-Gusman_Yliy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Gusman_Yliy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="280" data-file-height="298" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Yuli_Gusman" title="Yuli Gusman">Yuli Gusman</a>, film director and actor, founder and CEO of the <a href="/wiki/Nika_Award" title="Nika Award">Nika Award</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Natalla_Arsie%C5%84nieva1927.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Natallia Arsiennieva, Belarusian playwright, poet and translator"><img alt="Natallia Arsiennieva, Belarusian playwright, poet and translator" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Natalla_Arsie%C5%84nieva1927.jpg/97px-Natalla_Arsie%C5%84nieva1927.jpg" decoding="async" width="97" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Natalla_Arsie%C5%84nieva1927.jpg/146px-Natalla_Arsie%C5%84nieva1927.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Natalla_Arsie%C5%84nieva1927.jpg/194px-Natalla_Arsie%C5%84nieva1927.jpg 2x" data-file-width="304" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Natallia_Arsiennieva" title="Natallia Arsiennieva">Natallia Arsiennieva</a>, Belarusian playwright, poet and translator</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%B2_2018_(cropped)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Vladimir Menshov, Soviet and Russian actor and film director"><img alt="Vladimir Menshov, Soviet and Russian actor and film director" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%B2_2018_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/109px-%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%B2_2018_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="109" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%B2_2018_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/163px-%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%B2_2018_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%B2_2018_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/218px-%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%B2_2018_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1429" data-file-height="2100" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Menshov" title="Vladimir Menshov">Vladimir Menshov</a>, Soviet and Russian actor and film director</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%C6%8Fl%C9%99kb%C9%99r_M%C9%99mm%C9%99dov.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Alakbar Mammadov, Soviet footballer, four-time champion player in the Soviet Top League"><img alt="Alakbar Mammadov, Soviet footballer, four-time champion player in the Soviet Top League" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/%C6%8Fl%C9%99kb%C9%99r_M%C9%99mm%C9%99dov.jpg/116px-%C6%8Fl%C9%99kb%C9%99r_M%C9%99mm%C9%99dov.jpg" decoding="async" width="116" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/%C6%8Fl%C9%99kb%C9%99r_M%C9%99mm%C9%99dov.jpg/174px-%C6%8Fl%C9%99kb%C9%99r_M%C9%99mm%C9%99dov.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/%C6%8Fl%C9%99kb%C9%99r_M%C9%99mm%C9%99dov.jpg/232px-%C6%8Fl%C9%99kb%C9%99r_M%C9%99mm%C9%99dov.jpg 2x" data-file-width="736" data-file-height="1016" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Alakbar_Mammadov" title="Alakbar Mammadov">Alakbar Mammadov</a>, Soviet footballer, four-time champion player in the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Top_League" title="Soviet Top League">Soviet Top League</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Matvej_Skobelev.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Matvey Skobelev, Russian revolutionary and politician"><img alt="Matvey Skobelev, Russian revolutionary and politician" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Matvej_Skobelev.jpg/99px-Matvej_Skobelev.jpg" decoding="async" width="99" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Matvej_Skobelev.jpg/149px-Matvej_Skobelev.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Matvej_Skobelev.jpg/198px-Matvej_Skobelev.jpg 2x" data-file-width="248" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Matvey_Skobelev" title="Matvey Skobelev">Matvey Skobelev</a>, Russian revolutionary and politician</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_relations">International relations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: International relations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities_in_Asia#Azerbaijan" title="List of twin towns and sister cities in Asia">List of twin towns and sister cities in Azerbaijan</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Twin_towns_and_sister_cities">Twin towns and sister cities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Twin towns and sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Baku is <a href="/wiki/Twin_towns_and_sister_cities" class="mw-redirect" title="Twin towns and sister cities">twinned</a> with:<sup id="cite_ref-Azerbaijan_twinnings_173-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Azerbaijan_twinnings-173"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-174" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-174"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>169<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup>[in <a href="/wiki/Chronology" title="Chronology">chronological</a> order]</sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Country </th> <th>City </th> <th>State / Province / Region / Governorate </th> <th>Date </th></tr> <tr> <td>Senegal </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Senegal" title="Senegal"><img alt="Senegal" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_Senegal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Senegal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_Senegal.svg/35px-Flag_of_Senegal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_Senegal.svg/45px-Flag_of_Senegal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Dakar" title="Dakar">Dakar</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Dakar_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Dakar Region">Dakar Region</a></i> </td> <td>1967<sup id="cite_ref-ANL_175-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ANL-175"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Azeuro_176-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Azeuro-176"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Dakartwinmon_177-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dakartwinmon-177"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>172<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Italy </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Naples" title="Naples">Naples</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Campania" title="Campania">Campania</a></i> </td> <td>1972<sup id="cite_ref-178" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-178"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>173<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Iraq </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq"><img alt="Iraq" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Iraq.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iraq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Iraq.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iraq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Iraq.svg/45px-Flag_of_Iraq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Basra" title="Basra">Basra</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Basra_Governorate" title="Basra Governorate">Basra Governorate</a></i> </td> <td>1972<sup id="cite_ref-ANL_175-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ANL-175"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bosnia and Herzegovina </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina"><img alt="Bosnia and Herzegovina" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sarajevo" title="Sarajevo">Sarajevo</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Sarajevo_Canton" title="Sarajevo Canton">Sarajevo Canton</a></i> </td> <td>1975<sup id="cite_ref-ANL_175-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ANL-175"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Azeuro_176-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Azeuro-176"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>United States </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Christiansted" class="mw-redirect" title="Christiansted">Christiansted</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Islands" title="Virgin Islands">Virgin Islands</a></i> </td> <td>1976<sup id="cite_ref-Azerbaijan_International_179-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Azerbaijan_International-179"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>174<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>United States </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a></i> </td> <td>1976<sup id="cite_ref-Azerbaijan_International_179-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Azerbaijan_International-179"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>174<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>France </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bordeaux" title="Bordeaux">Bordeaux</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Aquitaine" title="Aquitaine">Aquitaine</a></i> </td> <td>1979<sup id="cite_ref-ANL_175-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ANL-175"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Bordeaux_twinnings_2_180-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bordeaux_twinnings_2-180"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Iran </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran"><img alt="Iran" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/46px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="360" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tabriz" title="Tabriz">Tabriz</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/East_Azerbaijan_province" title="East Azerbaijan province">East Azerbaijan province</a></i> </td> <td>1980<sup id="cite_ref-Azeuro_176-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Azeuro-176"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Turkey </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey"><img alt="Turkey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/%C4%B0zmir" title="İzmir">İzmir</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/%C4%B0zmir_Province" title="İzmir Province">İzmir Province</a></i> </td> <td>1985<sup id="cite_ref-181" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-181"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>176<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Vietnam </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam"><img alt="Vietnam" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/23px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/35px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/45px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/V%C5%A9ng_T%C3%A0u" title="Vũng Tàu">Vũng Tàu</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/B%C3%A0_R%E1%BB%8Ba%E2%80%93V%C5%A9ng_T%C3%A0u_province" title="Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province">Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province</a></i> </td> <td>1985<sup id="cite_ref-ANL_175-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ANL-175"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Russia </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a> City</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Russia </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Saint_Petersburg" title="Saint Petersburg">Saint Petersburg</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Saint_Petersburg" title="Saint Petersburg">Saint Petersburg</a> City</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>United States </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Honolulu_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Honolulu County">Honolulu County</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaii</a></i> </td> <td>1998<sup id="cite_ref-182" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-182"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>177<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Turkey </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey"><img alt="Turkey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sivas" title="Sivas">Sivas</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Sivas_Province" title="Sivas Province">Sivas Province</a></i> </td> <td>2000<sup id="cite_ref-Sivas_twinnings_183-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sivas_twinnings-183"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>178<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Brazil </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro" title="Rio de Janeiro">Rio de Janeiro</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/States_of_Brazil" class="mw-redirect" title="States of Brazil">State of</a> <a href="/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro_(state)" title="Rio de Janeiro (state)">Rio de Janeiro</a></i> </td> <td>2013<sup id="cite_ref-184" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-184"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>179<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ukraine </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine"><img alt="Ukraine" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kyiv" title="Kyiv">Kyiv</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Kyiv" title="Kyiv">Kyiv</a> City</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Israel </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel"><img alt="Israel" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/21px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/32px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/41px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Haifa" title="Haifa">Haifa</a><sup id="cite_ref-algemeiner.com_185-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-algemeiner.com-185"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>180<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Haifa_District" title="Haifa District">Haifa District</a></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>South Africa </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa"><img alt="South Africa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Johannesburg" title="Johannesburg">Johannesburg</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Johannesburg" title="Johannesburg">Johannesburg</a> City</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>South Africa </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa"><img alt="South Africa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Pretoria" title="Pretoria">Pretoria</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Pretoria" title="Pretoria">Pretoria</a> City</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Turkey </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey"><img alt="Turkey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ankara" title="Ankara">Ankara</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Ankara" title="Ankara">Ankara</a> City</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saudi Arabia </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia"><img alt="Saudi Arabia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jeddah" title="Jeddah">Jeddah</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Jeddah" title="Jeddah">Jeddah</a> City</i> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Partner_cities">Partner cities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: Partner cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mainz" title="Mainz">Mainz</a>, Germany</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>, France</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria"><img alt="Austria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Vienna" title="Vienna">Vienna</a>, Austria</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)"><img alt="Georgia (country)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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title="Astana">Astana</a>, Kazakhstan</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Belarus" title="Belarus"><img alt="Belarus" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/46px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Minsk" title="Minsk">Minsk</a>, Belarus</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a>, Russia</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Volgograd" title="Volgograd">Volgograd</a>, Russia</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kizlyar" title="Kizlyar">Kizlyar</a>, Russia</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Uzbekistan" title="Uzbekistan"><img alt="Uzbekistan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/48px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/64px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Azerbaijan" title="Portal:Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan portal</a></span></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baku_Gradonachalstvo" class="mw-redirect" title="Baku Gradonachalstvo">Baku Gradonachalstvo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congress_of_the_Peoples_of_the_East" title="Congress of the Peoples of the East">1920 Baku Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_III_visit_to_Baku" title="Alexander III visit to Baku">Alexander III visit to Baku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Azerbaijan" title="Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan">Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Azerbaijan" title="List of cities in Azerbaijan">List of cities in Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mingachevir" title="Mingachevir">Mingachevir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakhchivan_(city)" title="Nakhchivan (city)">Nakhchivan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumqayit" class="mw-redirect" title="Sumqayit">Sumgait</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-68">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">This is the number of Shia Muslims within the <a href="/wiki/Baku_Gradonachalstvo" class="mw-redirect" title="Baku Gradonachalstvo">Baku Gradonachalstvo</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-69"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-69">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Later known as <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijanis" title="Azerbaijanis">Azerbaijanis</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-71"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-71">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Described as a "rough" census organised in October 1917.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-72"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-72">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">11,904 or 5.0% were <a href="/wiki/Persians" title="Persians">Persians</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span 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class="mw-redirect" title="Qazakh District">Qazakh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gobustan_District" title="Gobustan District">Gobustan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quba_District_(Azerbaijan)" title="Quba District (Azerbaijan)">Quba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qubadli_District" title="Qubadli District">Qubadli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qusar_District" title="Qusar District">Qusar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saatly_District" title="Saatly District">Saatly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabirabad_District" title="Sabirabad District">Sabirabad</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sadarak_District" title="Sadarak District">Sadarak</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salyan_District_(Azerbaijan)" title="Salyan District (Azerbaijan)">Salyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samukh_District" title="Samukh District">Samukh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shabran_District" title="Shabran District">Shabran</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shahbuz_District" title="Shahbuz District">Shahbuz</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaki_District" title="Shaki District">Shaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shamakhi_District" title="Shamakhi District">Shamakhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shamkir_District" title="Shamkir District">Shamkir</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sharur_District" title="Sharur District">Sharur</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shusha_District" title="Shusha District">Shusha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siyazan_District" title="Siyazan District">Siyazan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tartar_District" title="Tartar District">Tartar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tovuz_District" title="Tovuz District">Tovuz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ujar_District" title="Ujar District">Ujar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yardimli_District" title="Yardimli District">Yardimli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yevlakh_District" title="Yevlakh District">Yevlakh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zangilan_District" title="Zangilan District">Zangilan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zagatala_District" title="Zagatala District">Zagatala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zardab_District" title="Zardab District">Zardab</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/76px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="76" height="38" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/114px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/152px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Baku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ganja,_Azerbaijan" title="Ganja, Azerbaijan">Ganja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stepanakert" title="Stepanakert">Khankendi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lankaran" title="Lankaran">Lankaran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mingachevir" title="Mingachevir">Mingachevir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naftalan,_Azerbaijan" title="Naftalan, Azerbaijan">Naftalan</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nakhchivan_(city)" title="Nakhchivan (city)">Nakhchivan</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaki,_Azerbaijan" title="Shaki, Azerbaijan">Shaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%9Eirvan,_Azerbaijan" title="Şirvan, Azerbaijan">Shirvan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumgait" title="Sumgait">Sumgait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yevlakh" title="Yevlakh">Yevlakh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Towns</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aghdam" title="Aghdam">Aghdam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aghdara" class="mw-redirect" title="Aghdara">Aghdara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agdash,_Azerbaijan" title="Agdash, Azerbaijan">Agdash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aghjabadi" title="Aghjabadi">Aghjabadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agstafa" title="Agstafa">Agstafa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agsu_(city)" title="Agsu (city)">Agsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astara,_Azerbaijan" title="Astara, Azerbaijan">Astara</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Babek_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Babek (city)">Babek</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balak%C9%99n" title="Balakən">Balakən</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barda,_Azerbaijan" title="Barda, Azerbaijan">Barda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beylagan_(city)" title="Beylagan (city)">Beylagan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bil%C9%99suvar" title="Biləsuvar">Bilasuvar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dashkasan_(city)" title="Dashkasan (city)">Dashkasan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fuzuli_(city)" title="Fuzuli (city)">Fuzuli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C9%99d%C9%99b%C9%99y" title="Gədəbəy">Gadabay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goranboy_(city)" title="Goranboy (city)">Goranboy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goychay_(city)" title="Goychay (city)">Goychay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goygol_(city)" title="Goygol (city)">Goygol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hajiqabul" title="Hajiqabul">Hajiqabul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imishli_(city)" title="Imishli (city)">Imishli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ismayilli" title="Ismayilli">Ismayilli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabrayil" title="Jabrayil">Jabrayil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C%C9%99lilabad" title="Cəlilabad">Jalilabad</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Julfa,_Azerbaijan_(city)" title="Julfa, Azerbaijan (city)">Julfa</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalbajar" title="Kalbajar">Kalbajar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khachmaz_(city)" title="Khachmaz (city)">Khachmaz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khizi" title="Khizi">Khizi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martuni,_Nagorno-Karabakh" title="Martuni, Nagorno-Karabakh">Khojavend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khojaly_(town)" class="mw-redirect" title="Khojaly (town)">Khojaly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/X%C4%B1rdalan" title="Xırdalan">Khirdalan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurdamir" title="Kurdamir">Kurdamir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lachin" title="Lachin">Lachin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lerik,_Azerbaijan" title="Lerik, Azerbaijan">Lerik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masall%C4%B1" title="Masallı">Masally</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neft%C3%A7ala" title="Neftçala">Neftchala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/O%C4%9Fuz_(city)" title="Oğuz (city)">Oğuz</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ordubad" title="Ordubad">Ordubad</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qabala" title="Qabala">Gabala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qakh_(city)" title="Qakh (city)">Qakh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qazax" title="Qazax">Gazakh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gobustan_(town)" title="Gobustan (town)">Gobustan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quba" title="Quba">Quba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qubadli" title="Qubadli">Qubadli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qusar_(city)" title="Qusar (city)">Qusar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saatl%C4%B1_(city)" title="Saatlı (city)">Saatly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabirabad_(city)" title="Sabirabad (city)">Sabirabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salyan,_Azerbaijan" title="Salyan, Azerbaijan">Salyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%9Eabran" title="Şabran">Shabran</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/%C5%9Eahbuz" title="Şahbuz">Shahbuz</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shamakhi" title="Shamakhi">Shamakhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%9E%C9%99mkir" class="mw-redirect" title="Şəmkir">Shamkir</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sharur" title="Sharur">Sharur</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shusha" title="Shusha">Shusha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siyazan" title="Siyazan">Siyazan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tartar_(city)" title="Tartar (city)">Tartar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tovuz,_Azerbaijan" title="Tovuz, Azerbaijan">Tovuz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ucar,_Azerbaijan" title="Ucar, Azerbaijan">Ujar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yard%C4%B1ml%C4%B1" title="Yardımlı">Yardimli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zangilan" title="Zangilan">Zangilan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zaqatala_(city)" title="Zaqatala (city)">Zagatala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zardab_(city)" title="Zardab (city)">Zardab</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div>Names in <i>italics</i> indicate parts of the <a href="/wiki/Nakhchivan_Autonomous_Republic" title="Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic">Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Baku158" 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class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Architecture_of_Baku" title="Architecture of Baku">Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Baku" title="History of Baku">History</a> (<a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Baku" title="Timeline of Baku">Timeline</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Baku" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of Baku">Districts of Baku</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Khazar_raion" title="Khazar raion">Xəzər</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bin%C9%99q%C9%99di_raion" class="mw-redirect" title="Binəqədi raion">Binəqədi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qarada%C4%9F_raion" title="Qaradağ raion">Qaradağ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/X%C9%99tai_raion" title="Xətai raion">Xətai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N%C9%99rimanov_raion" title="Nərimanov raion">Nərimanov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N%C9%99simi_raion" title="Nəsimi raion">Nəsimi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nizami_raion" title="Nizami raion">Nizami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pirallah%C4%B1_raion" title="Pirallahı raion">Pirallahı</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabail_raion" title="Sabail raion">Sabail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabun%C3%A7u_raion" title="Sabunçu raion">Sabunçu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suraxan%C4%B1_raion" title="Suraxanı raion">Suraxanı</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yasamal_raion" title="Yasamal raion">Yasamal</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Baku_City_in_Azerbaijan.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Baku_City_in_Azerbaijan.svg/130px-Baku_City_in_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="130" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Baku_City_in_Azerbaijan.svg/195px-Baku_City_in_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Baku_City_in_Azerbaijan.svg/260px-Baku_City_in_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="919" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Settlements and towns</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Badamdar" title="Badamdar">Badamdar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bayil" title="Bayil">Bayil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bak%C4%B1xanov" title="Bakıxanov">Bakıxanov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balaxan%C4%B1" title="Balaxanı">Balaxanı</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ba%C5%9F_%C6%8Fl%C9%99t" title="Baş Ələt">Baş Ələt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bibiheyb%C9%99t" title="Bibiheybət">Bibiheybət</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bil%C9%99c%C9%99ri" class="mw-redirect" title="Biləcəri">Biləcəri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bilg%C9%99h" title="Bilgəh">Bilgəh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bin%C9%99,_Baku" title="Binə, Baku">Binə</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bukhta-Ilicha" title="Bukhta-Ilicha">Bukhta-Ilicha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B%C3%BClb%C3%BCl%C9%99" title="Bülbülə">Bülbülə</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buzovna" title="Buzovna">Buzovna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C%C9%99nubi" title="Cənubi">Cənubi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%87eyilda%C4%9F" title="Çeyildağ">Çeyildağ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ch%C3%ABrnyy_Gorod" class="mw-redirect" title="Chërnyy Gorod">Chërnyy Gorod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%87ilov" title="Çilov">Çilov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%87ilov-Neft_Da%C5%9Flar%C4%B1" title="Çilov-Neft Daşları">Çilov-Neft Daşları</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C3%BCb%C9%99ndi" title="Dübəndi">Dübəndi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dzhabar" title="Dzhabar">Dzhabar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C6%8Fhm%C9%99dli,_Baku" title="Əhmədli, Baku">Əhmədli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C6%8Fl%C9%99t" title="Ələt">Ələt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C6%8Fmircan,_Baku" title="Əmircan, Baku">Əmircan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C3%BCrgan" title="Gürgan">Gürgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C3%BCrg%C9%99n-Pirallah%C4%B1" title="Gürgən-Pirallahı">Gürgən-Pirallahı</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heyb%C9%99t" title="Heybət">Heybət</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H%C3%B6vsan" title="Hövsan">Hövsan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%B0kinci_Qala" title="İkinci Qala">İkinci Qala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C9%99l%C9%99za%C4%9F" title="Kələzağ">Kələzağ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ke%C5%9Fl%C9%99" class="mw-redirect" title="Keşlə">Keşlə</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korg%C3%B6z" title="Korgöz">Korgöz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kotal" title="Kotal">Kotal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C3%BCrd%C9%99xan%C4%B1" title="Kürdəxanı">Kürdəxanı</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L%C3%B6kbatan" title="Lökbatan">Lökbatan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ma%C5%9Fta%C4%9Fa" title="Maştağa">Maştağa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mardakan" title="Mardakan">Mardakan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C3%BC%C5%9Ffiqabad" title="Müşfiqabad">Müşfiqabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nardaran" title="Nardaran">Nardaran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neft_Da%C5%9Flar%C4%B1" title="Neft Daşları">Neft Daşları</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Novxan%C4%B1" title="Novxanı">Novkhani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pirallah%C4%B1,_Baku" title="Pirallahı, Baku">Pirallahı</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pirsaat,_Baku" title="Pirsaat, Baku">Pirsaat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pir%C5%9Fa%C4%9F%C4%B1" title="Pirşağı">Pirşağı</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puta,_Azerbaijan" title="Puta, Azerbaijan">Puta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qala,_Azerbaijan" title="Qala, Azerbaijan">Qala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qara%C3%A7uxur" title="Qaraçuxur">Qaraçuxur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qaraibad" title="Qaraibad">Qaraibad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qarakosa" title="Qarakosa">Qarakosa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qaya" title="Qaya">Qaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Q%C4%B1z%C4%B1lda%C5%9F" title="Qızıldaş">Qızıldaş</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qobustan,_Baku" class="mw-redirect" title="Qobustan, Baku">Qobustan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qo%C5%9Faq%C4%B1%C5%9Flaq" title="Qoşaqışlaq">Qoşaqışlaq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramana,_Azerbaijan" title="Ramana, Azerbaijan">Ramana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%C9%99sulzad%C9%99" title="Rəsulzadə">Rəsulzadə</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabun%C3%A7u,_Baku" title="Sabunçu, Baku">Sabunçu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%9Ea%C4%9Fan" title="Şağan">Şağan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sahil,_Azerbaijan" title="Sahil, Azerbaijan">Sahil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%9Eahqaya" title="Şahqaya">Şahqaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanqa%C3%A7al" title="Sanqaçal">Sanqaçal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%9E%C4%B1xlar,_Baku" title="Şıxlar, Baku">Şıxlar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%9Eonqar" title="Şonqar">Şonqar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%9Euban%C4%B1" title="Şubanı">Şubanı</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sulut%C9%99p%C9%99" title="Sulutəpə">Sulutəpə</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%9E%C3%BCv%C9%99lan" class="mw-redirect" title="Şüvəlan">Şüvəlan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%C3%BCrkan" title="Türkan">Türkan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%9C%C3%A7t%C9%99p%C9%99,_Baku" title="Üçtəpə, Baku">Üçtəpə</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baku_White_City" title="Baku White City">White City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xoc%C9%99s%C9%99n" class="mw-redirect" title="Xocəsən">Xocəsən</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yeni_%C6%8Fl%C9%99t" title="Yeni Ələt">Yeni Ələt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yeni_G%C3%BCn%C9%99%C5%9Fli" title="Yeni Günəşli">Yeni Günəşli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yeni_Suraxan%C4%B1" title="Yeni Suraxanı">Yeni Suraxanı</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zabrat" title="Zabrat">Zabrat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Z%C9%99f%C9%99ran" title="Zəfəran">Zəfəran</a></li> <li><a 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class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of Baku"><img alt="Coat of arms of Baku" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/WP_baku_siegel.png/15px-WP_baku_siegel.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/WP_baku_siegel.png/23px-WP_baku_siegel.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/WP_baku_siegel.png/30px-WP_baku_siegel.png 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="1613" /></a></span> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Baku</a> landmarks</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Famous and historic structures</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Old_City_(Baku)" title="Old City (Baku)">Old City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palace_of_the_Shirvanshahs" title="Palace of the Shirvanshahs">Palace of the Shirvanshahs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maiden_Tower_(Baku)" title="Maiden Tower (Baku)">Maiden Tower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alley_of_Honor" title="Alley of Honor">Alley of Honor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martyrs%27_Lane" title="Martyrs' Lane">Martyrs' Lane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heydar_Aliyev_Cultural_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center">Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Mugam_Center_of_Azerbaijan" class="mw-redirect" title="International Mugam Center of Azerbaijan">International Mugam Center of Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Happiness" title="Palace of Happiness">Palace of Happiness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulustan_Palace" title="Gulustan Palace">Gulustan Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ismailiyya_building" class="mw-redirect" title="Ismailiyya building">Ismailiyya Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sovetsky,_Baku" title="Sovetsky, Baku">Sovetsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baku_TV_Tower" title="Baku TV Tower">Baku TV Tower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flame_Towers" title="Flame Towers">Flame Towers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Places of worship</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_mosques_in_Baku" title="List of mosques in Baku">Mosques</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ajdarbey_Mosque" title="Ajdarbey Mosque">Ajdarbey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bibi-Heybat_Mosque" title="Bibi-Heybat Mosque">Bibi-Heybat</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gardashlyg_Mosque&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gardashlyg Mosque (page does not exist)">Gardashlyg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gasimbey_Mosque" title="Gasimbey Mosque">Gasimbey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gileyli_Mosque" title="Gileyli Mosque">Gileyli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haji_Javad_Mosque" title="Haji Javad Mosque">Haji Javad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haji_Sultanali_Mosque" title="Haji Sultanali Mosque">Haji Sultanali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heydar_Mosque" title="Heydar Mosque">Binagady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imam_Hussein_Mosque_(Baku)" title="Imam Hussein Mosque (Baku)">Imam Hussein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juma_Mosque_(Baku)" title="Juma Mosque (Baku)">Juma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murtuza_Mukhtarov_Mosque" title="Murtuza Mukhtarov Mosque">Murtuza Mukhtarov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palatial_mosque_in_Baku" title="Palatial mosque in Baku">Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shah_Abbas_Mosque_(Keshla)" title="Shah Abbas Mosque (Keshla)">Shah Abbas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mosque_of_the_Martyrs" title="Mosque of the Martyrs">Shahid's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheikh_Ibrahim_Mosque" title="Sheikh Ibrahim Mosque">Sheikh Ibrahim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taza_Pir_Mosque" title="Taza Pir Mosque">Taza Pir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takyeh_(Old_City,_Baku)" class="mw-redirect" title="Takyeh (Old City, Baku)">Takyeh</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Former10" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i>Former</i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Ashur_Mosque" title="Ashur Mosque">Ashur</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Baba_Kuhi_Bakuvi_Mosque" title="Baba Kuhi Bakuvi Mosque">Baba Kuhi Bakuvi</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Beyler_Mosque" title="Beyler Mosque">Beyler</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chin_Mosque" title="Chin Mosque">Chin</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Haji_Bani_Mosque" title="Haji Bani Mosque">Haji Bani</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Haji_Heybat_Mosque" title="Haji Heybat Mosque">Haji Heybat</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Haji_Shahla_Mosque" title="Haji Shahla Mosque">Haji Shahla</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jinn_Mosque" title="Jinn Mosque">Jinn</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kerbelayi_Abdulla_Mosque" title="Kerbelayi Abdulla Mosque">Kerbelayi Abdulla</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Keygubad_Mosque" title="Keygubad Mosque">Keyguba</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Khanlar_Mosque" title="Khanlar Mosque">Khanlar</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Khidir_Mosque" title="Khidir Mosque">Khidir</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mirza_Ahmed_Mosque" title="Mirza Ahmed Mosque">Mirza Ahmed</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Molla_Ahmad_Mosque" title="Molla Ahmad Mosque">Molla Ahmad</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Mosque" title="Muhammad Mosque">Muhammad</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nizamaddin_Mosque" title="Nizamaddin Mosque">Nizamaddin</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sayyid_Yahya_Murtuza_Mosque" title="Sayyid Yahya Murtuza Mosque">Sayyid Yahya Murtuza</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tuba_Shahi_Mosque" title="Tuba Shahi Mosque">Tuba Shahi</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Church,_Baku" title="Armenian Church, Baku">Armenian Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ateshgah_of_Baku" title="Ateshgah of Baku">Ateshgah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Saviour,_Baku" title="Church of the Saviour, Baku">Church of the Saviour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Michael_Archangel,_Baku" class="mw-redirect" title="Church of Michael Archangel, Baku">Church of Michael Archangel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Immaculate_Conception,_Baku" title="Church of the Immaculate Conception, Baku">Church of the Immaculate Conception</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Myrrhbearers_Cathedral" title="Holy Myrrhbearers Cathedral">Holy Myrrhbearers Cathedral</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Nature and parks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baku_Bay" class="mw-redirect" title="Baku Bay">Baku Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baku_Archipelago" title="Baku Archipelago">Baku Archipelago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Boyukshor" title="Lake Boyukshor">Lake Boyukshor</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku_Botanical_Gardens&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Baku Botanical Gardens (page does not exist)">Baku Botanical Gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Park,_Baku&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Park, Baku (page does not exist)">National Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirza_Alakbar_Sabir_Garden" title="Mirza Alakbar Sabir Garden">Mirza Alakbar Sabir Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philharmonic_Garden" title="Philharmonic Garden">Philharmonic Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Molokan_Garden" class="mw-redirect" title="Molokan Garden">Molokan Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baku_Boulevard" title="Baku Boulevard">Baku Boulevard</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samad_Vurgun_Park&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Samad Vurgun Park (page does not exist)">Samad Vurgun Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khan%27s_Garden_(Baku)" title="Khan's Garden (Baku)">Khan's Garden </a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Entertainment and recreation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baku_Crystal_Hall" title="Baku Crystal Hall">Baku Crystal Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baku_Ferris_Wheel" title="Baku Ferris Wheel">Baku Ferris Wheel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buta_Palace" title="Buta Palace">Buta Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heydar_Aliyev_Palace" title="Heydar Aliyev Palace">Heydar Aliyev Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baku_Zoo" title="Baku Zoo">Baku Zoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Park_Bulvar" title="Park Bulvar">Park Bulvar</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Children%27s_World,_Baku&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Children's World, Baku (page does not exist)">Children's World</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baku_State_Circus" title="Baku State Circus">Baku State Circus</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku_Water_Park&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Baku Water Park (page does not exist)">Baku Water Park</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku_Aqua_Park&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Baku Aqua Park (page does not exist)">Baku Aqua Park</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cultural and art</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Library_of_Azerbaijan" title="National Library of Azerbaijan">National Library of Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_State_Academic_Opera_and_Ballet_Theater" title="Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater">Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_State_Philharmonic_Hall" class="mw-redirect" title="Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall">Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Art_Museum_of_Azerbaijan" title="National Art Museum of Azerbaijan">National Art Museum of Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%9CFrom_Waste_to_Art%E2%80%9D_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="“From Waste to Art” Museum">“From Waste to Art” Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_State_Museum_of_History" class="mw-redirect" title="Azerbaijan State Museum of History">Azerbaijan State Museum of History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independence_Museum_of_Azerbaijan" title="Independence Museum of Azerbaijan">Independence Museum of Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_State_Museum_of_Musical_Culture" title="Azerbaijan State Museum of Musical Culture">Azerbaijan State Museum of Musical Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nizami_Museum_of_Azerbaijani_Literature" title="Nizami Museum of Azerbaijani Literature">Nizami Museum of Azerbaijani Literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baku_Museum_of_Modern_Art" title="Baku Museum of Modern Art">Baku Museum of Modern Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Political_Repression_Victims" title="Museum of Political Repression Victims">Museum of Political Repression Victims</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baku_Museum_of_Miniature_Books" title="Baku Museum of Miniature Books">Baku Museum of Miniature Books</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rinay" title="Rinay">Rinay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Carpet_Museum" title="Azerbaijan Carpet Museum">Azerbaijan Carpet Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Railway_Museum" title="Azerbaijan Railway Museum">Azerbaijan Railway Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House-Museum_of_Vagif_Mustafazadeh" title="House-Museum of Vagif Mustafazadeh">House-Museum of Vagif Mustafazadeh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Villa_Petrolea" title="Villa Petrolea">Villa Petrolea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_State_Academic_Drama_Theatre" class="mw-redirect" title="Azerbaijan State Academic Drama Theatre">Azerbaijan State Academic Drama Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_State_Pantomime_Theatre" title="Azerbaijan State Pantomime Theatre">Azerbaijan State Pantomime Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_State_Russian_Drama_Theatre" class="mw-redirect" title="Azerbaijan State Russian Drama Theatre">Azerbaijan State Russian Drama Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_State_Theatre_of_Musical_Comedy" class="mw-redirect" title="Azerbaijan State Theatre of Musical Comedy">Azerbaijan State Theatre of Musical Comedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_State_Theatre_of_Young_Spectators" title="Azerbaijan State Theatre of Young Spectators">Azerbaijan State Theatre of Young Spectators</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baku_Puppet_Theatre" title="Baku Puppet Theatre">Baku Puppet Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Theatre" title="Green Theatre">Green Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rashid_Behbudov_State_Song_Theatre" class="mw-redirect" title="Rashid Behbudov State Song Theatre">Rashid Behbudov State Song Theatre</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Science and education</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ADA_University" title="ADA University">ADA University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baku_State_University" title="Baku State University">Baku State University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_State_Pedagogical_University" title="Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University">Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Technical_University" title="Azerbaijan Technical University">Azerbaijan Technical University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Medical_University" title="Azerbaijan Medical University">Azerbaijan Medical University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_State_Economic_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Azerbaijan State Economic University">Azerbaijan State Economic University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_State_University_of_Culture_and_Arts" title="Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts">Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Azerbaijan_State_Physical_Culture_and_Sports_Academy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Azerbaijan State Physical Culture and Sports Academy (page does not exist)">Azerbaijan State Physical Culture and Sports Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_University_of_Languages" title="Azerbaijan University of Languages">Azerbaijan University of Languages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Architecture_and_Construction_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Azerbaijan Architecture and Construction University">Azerbaijan Architecture and Construction University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khazar_University" title="Khazar University">Khazar University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qafqaz_University" title="Qafqaz University">Qafqaz University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baku_Slavic_University" title="Baku Slavic University">Baku Slavic University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odlar_Yurdu_University" title="Odlar Yurdu University">Odlar Yurdu University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_University_(Azerbaijan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Western University (Azerbaijan)">Western University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_National_Academy_of_Sciences" title="Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences">Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_State_Marine_Academy" title="Azerbaijan State Marine Academy">Azerbaijan State Marine Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_State_Oil_and_Industrial_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Azerbaijan State Oil and Industrial University">Azerbaijan State Oil Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baku_Academy_of_Music" title="Baku Academy of Music">Baku Academy of Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asaf_Zeynally_Music_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Asaf Zeynally Music College">Asaf Zeynally Music College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baku_Polytechnicum" title="Baku Polytechnicum">Baku Polytechnicum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamshid_Nakhchivanski_Military_Lyceum" title="Jamshid Nakhchivanski Military Lyceum">Jamshid Nakhchivanski Military Lyceum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyc%C3%A9e_fran%C3%A7ais_de_Bakou" title="Lycée français de Bakou">Lycée français de Bakou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baku_International_School" title="Baku International School">Baku International School</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sport venues</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AZAL_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="AZAL Stadium">AZAL Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azersun_Arena" title="Azersun Arena">Azersun Arena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baku_Aquatics_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="Baku Aquatics Centre">Baku Aquatics Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baku_National_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Baku National Stadium">Baku National Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Baku_Shooting_Center&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Baku Shooting Center (page does not exist)">Baku Shooting Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baku_Sports_Palace" title="Baku Sports Palace">Baku Sports Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baku_Tennis_Academy" title="Baku Tennis Academy">Baku Tennis Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bayil_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Bayil Stadium">Bayil Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dalga_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Dalga Arena">Dalga Arena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighth_Kilometer_District_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Eighth Kilometer District Stadium">Eighth Kilometer District Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heydar_Aliyev_Sports_and_Exhibition_Complex" class="mw-redirect" title="Heydar Aliyev Sports and Exhibition Complex">Heydar Aliyev Sports and Exhibition Complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ismat_Gayibov_Stadium" title="Ismat Gayibov Stadium">Ismat Gayibov Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karabakh_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Karabakh Stadium">Karabakh Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Gymnastics_Arena" title="National Gymnastics Arena">National Gymnastics Arena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shafa_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Shafa Stadium">Inter Arena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shagan_Olympic_Sport_Complex_Stadium" title="Shagan Olympic Sport Complex Stadium">Shagan Olympic Sport Complex Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tofiq_Bahramov_Republican_Stadium" title="Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium">Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tofiq_Ismayilov_Stadium" title="Tofiq Ismayilov Stadium">Tofiq Ismayilov Stadium</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Transportation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Heydar_Aliyev_International_Airport" title="Heydar Aliyev International Airport">Heydar Aliyev International Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Railways" title="Azerbaijan Railways">Baku Railway Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baku_International_Sea_Trade_Port" class="mw-redirect" title="Baku International Sea Trade Port">Baku International Sea Trade Port</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baku_Metro" title="Baku Metro">Baku Metro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baku_Funicular" title="Baku Funicular">Baku Funicular</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Squares and streets</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Azadliq_Square,_Baku" title="Azadliq Square, Baku">Azadliq Square</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fountains_Square,_Baku" title="Fountains Square, Baku">Fountains Square</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Flag_Square" title="National Flag Square">National Flag Square</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28_May_Street" title="28 May Street">28 May Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boyuk_Shor_Highway" title="Boyuk Shor Highway">Boyuk Shor Highway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Istiglaliyyat_Street" title="Istiglaliyyat Street">Istiglaliyyat Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neftchilar_Avenue" title="Neftchilar Avenue">Neftchilar Avenue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nizami_Street" title="Nizami Street">Nizami Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baku_Airport_Highway" title="Baku Airport Highway">Baku Airport Highway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rashid_Behbudov_Street" title="Rashid Behbudov Street">Rashid Behbudov Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tbilisi_Avenue" title="Tbilisi Avenue">Tbilisi Avenue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khagani_Alley_(Baku)" title="Khagani Alley (Baku)">Khagani Alley </a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Government and <br />financial institutions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Azerbaijan)" title="National Assembly (Azerbaijan)">National Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_House,_Baku" title="Government House, Baku">Government House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidential_Administration_of_Azerbaijan" title="Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan">Presidential Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayoralty_of_Baku" class="mw-redirect" title="Mayoralty of Baku">Baku City Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Bank_of_Azerbaijan" title="Central Bank of Azerbaijan">Central Bank of Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baku_Stock_Exchange" title="Baku Stock Exchange">Baku Stock Exchange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baku_Expo_Center" title="Baku Expo Center">Baku Expo Center</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/Category:Baku" title="Category:Baku">Category:Baku</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Capitals_of_Asia352" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a 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recognition</a> are in <i>italics</i></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd plainlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="padding:0px"><table class="navbox-columns-table" style="border-spacing: 0px; text-align:left;width:100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" style="font-weight:bold;">Central Asia</td><td class="navbox-abovebelow" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;font-weight:bold;">South Asia</td><td class="navbox-abovebelow" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;font-weight:bold;">Southeast Asia</td><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;font-weight:bold;">West Asia</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td class="navbox-list" style="padding:0px;width:20%;"><div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Ashgabat" title="Ashgabat">Ashgabat</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Turkmenistan" title="Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Astana" title="Astana">Astana</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan" title="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Bishkek" title="Bishkek">Bishkek</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Kyrgyzstan" title="Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Dushanbe" title="Dushanbe">Dushanbe</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Tajikistan" title="Tajikistan">Tajikistan</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Tashkent" title="Tashkent">Tashkent</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Uzbekistan" title="Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</a></li></ul> <div style="background:#dcdcfe; text-align:center;"><b>East Asia</b></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Beijing" title="Beijing">Beijing</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Pyongyang" title="Pyongyang">Pyongyang</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea">North Korea</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Seoul" title="Seoul">Seoul</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Taipei" title="Taipei">Taipei</a></b>, <i><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a></i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ulaanbaatar" title="Ulaanbaatar">Ulaanbaatar</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Mongolia" title="Mongolia">Mongolia</a></li></ul> <div style="background:#dcdcfe; text-align:center;"><b>North Asia</b></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;width:20%;"><div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Camp_Thunder_Cove" title="Camp Thunder Cove">Camp Thunder Cove</a></b>, <i><a href="/wiki/British_Indian_Ocean_Territory" title="British Indian Ocean Territory">BIOT</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">UK</a>) <b>*</b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Dhaka" title="Dhaka">Dhaka</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Islamabad" title="Islamabad">Islamabad</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Kabul" title="Kabul">Kabul</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Kathmandu" title="Kathmandu">Kathmandu</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Mal%C3%A9" title="Malé">Malé</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives">Maldives</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/New_Delhi" title="New Delhi">New Delhi</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Sri_Jayawardenepura_Kotte" title="Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte">Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Thimphu" title="Thimphu">Thimphu</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Bhutan" title="Bhutan">Bhutan</a></li></ul> </div></td><td 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<li><b><a href="/wiki/Kuala_Lumpur" title="Kuala Lumpur">Kuala Lumpur</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Manila" title="Manila">Manila</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Naypyidaw" title="Naypyidaw">Naypyidaw</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Myanmar" title="Myanmar">Myanmar</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Phnom_Penh" title="Phnom Penh">Phnom Penh</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Cambodia" title="Cambodia">Cambodia</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Vientiane" title="Vientiane">Vientiane</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Laos" title="Laos">Laos</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/West_Island,_Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands" title="West Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands">West Island</a></b>, <i><a href="/wiki/Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands" title="Cocos (Keeling) Islands">Cocos (Keeling) Islands</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>)</li></ul> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;width:20%;"><div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Abu_Dhabi" title="Abu Dhabi">Abu Dhabi</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Amman" title="Amman">Amman</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Jordan" title="Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ankara" title="Ankara">Ankara</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Baghdad" title="Baghdad">Baghdad</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a></li> <li><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Baku</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Beirut" title="Beirut">Beirut</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Damascus" title="Damascus">Damascus</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Doha" title="Doha">Doha</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Episkopi_Cantonment" title="Episkopi Cantonment">Episkopi Cantonment</a></b>, <i><a href="/wiki/Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia" title="Akrotiri and Dhekelia">Akrotiri and Dhekelia</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">UK</a>)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a> <b>*</b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Kuwait_City" title="Kuwait City">Kuwait City</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Manama" title="Manama">Manama</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain">Bahrain</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;width:20%;"><div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Muscat" title="Muscat">Muscat</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Oman" title="Oman">Oman</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Nicosia" title="Nicosia">Nicosia</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/North_Nicosia" title="North Nicosia">North Nicosia</a></b>, <i><a href="/wiki/Northern_Cyprus" title="Northern Cyprus">Northern Cyprus</a></i> <b>*</b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ramallah" title="Ramallah">Ramallah</a></b>, <i><a href="/wiki/Palestine" title="Palestine">Palestine</a></i> (de facto) <b>*</b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Riyadh" title="Riyadh">Riyadh</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Sanaa" title="Sanaa">Sanaa</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Yemen" title="Yemen">Yemen</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Sokhumi" class="mw-redirect" title="Sokhumi">Sokhumi</a></b>, <i><a href="/wiki/Abkhazia" title="Abkhazia">Abkhazia</a></i> <b>*</b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Tbilisi" title="Tbilisi">Tbilisi</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Tehran" title="Tehran">Tehran</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Tskhinvali" title="Tskhinvali">Tskhinvali</a></b>, <i><a href="/wiki/South_Ossetia" title="South Ossetia">South Ossetia</a></i> <b>*</b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Yerevan" title="Yerevan">Yerevan</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="padding:0.5em 0 0.3em; line-height:1.3em;"><div><b>*</b> Disputed. See: <a href="/wiki/Chagos_Archipelago_sovereignty_dispute" title="Chagos Archipelago sovereignty dispute">Chagos Archipelago sovereignty dispute</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cyprus_dispute" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyprus dispute">Cyprus dispute</a>, <a href="/wiki/Status_of_Jerusalem" title="Status of Jerusalem">Status of Jerusalem</a>, <a href="/wiki/Abkhaz-Georgian_conflict" class="mw-redirect" title="Abkhaz-Georgian conflict">Abkhaz-Georgian conflict</a> and <a href="/wiki/Georgian-Ossetian_conflict" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgian-Ossetian conflict">Georgian-Ossetian conflict</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Capitals_of_European_states_and_territories937" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible 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id="Capitals_of_European_states_and_territories937" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Capitals of European states and territories</div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>Capitals of <a href="/wiki/Dependent_territory" title="Dependent territory">dependent territories</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_states_with_limited_recognition" title="List of states with limited recognition">states whose sovereignty is disputed</a> shown in <i>italics</i>.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sovereign states</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Amsterdam" title="Amsterdam">Amsterdam</a></b>, Netherlands<sup>1</sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Andorra_la_Vella" title="Andorra la Vella">Andorra la Vella</a></b>, Andorra</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ankara" title="Ankara">Ankara</a></b>, Turkey<sup>2</sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Astana" title="Astana">Astana</a></b>, Kazakhstan<sup>2</sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a></b>, Greece</li> <li><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Baku</a></b>, Azerbaijan<sup>2</sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Belgrade" title="Belgrade">Belgrade</a></b>, Serbia</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a></b>, Germany</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Bern" title="Bern">Bern</a></b>, Switzerland</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Bratislava" title="Bratislava">Bratislava</a></b>, Slovakia</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a></b>, Belgium<sup>3</sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Bucharest" title="Bucharest">Bucharest</a></b>, Romania</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Budapest" title="Budapest">Budapest</a></b>, Hungary</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Chi%C8%99in%C4%83u" title="Chișinău">Chișinău</a></b>, Moldova</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Copenhagen" title="Copenhagen">Copenhagen</a></b>, Denmark</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a></b>, Ireland</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Helsinki" title="Helsinki">Helsinki</a></b>, Finland</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Kyiv" title="Kyiv">Kyiv</a></b>, Ukraine</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Lisbon" title="Lisbon">Lisbon</a></b>, Portugal</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ljubljana" title="Ljubljana">Ljubljana</a></b>, Slovenia</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a></b>, United Kingdom</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_City" title="Luxembourg City">Luxembourg</a></b>, Luxembourg</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Madrid" title="Madrid">Madrid</a></b>, Spain</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Minsk" title="Minsk">Minsk</a></b>, Belarus</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Monaco" title="Monaco">Monaco</a></b><sup>5</sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a></b>, Russia</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Nicosia" title="Nicosia">Nicosia</a></b>, Cyprus<sup>2</sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Oslo" title="Oslo">Oslo</a></b>, Norway</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a></b>, France</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Podgorica" title="Podgorica">Podgorica</a></b>, Montenegro</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Prague" title="Prague">Prague</a></b>, Czech Republic</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Reykjav%C3%ADk" title="Reykjavík">Reykjavík</a></b>, Iceland</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Riga" title="Riga">Riga</a></b>, Latvia</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a></b>, Italy</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/City_of_San_Marino" title="City of San Marino">San Marino</a></b>, San Marino</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Sarajevo" title="Sarajevo">Sarajevo</a></b>, Bosnia and Herzegovina</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Skopje" title="Skopje">Skopje</a></b>, North Macedonia</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Sofia" title="Sofia">Sofia</a></b>, Bulgaria</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Stockholm" title="Stockholm">Stockholm</a></b>, Sweden</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Tallinn" title="Tallinn">Tallinn</a></b>, Estonia</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Tbilisi" title="Tbilisi">Tbilisi</a></b>, Georgia<sup>2</sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Tirana" title="Tirana">Tirana</a></b>, Albania</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Vaduz" title="Vaduz">Vaduz</a></b>, Liechtenstein</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta">Valletta</a></b>, Malta</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Vatican_City" title="Vatican City">Vatican City</a></b><sup>4</sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Vienna" title="Vienna">Vienna</a></b>, Austria</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Vilnius" title="Vilnius">Vilnius</a></b>, Lithuania</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Warsaw" title="Warsaw">Warsaw</a></b>, Poland</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Yerevan" title="Yerevan">Yerevan</a></b>, Armenia<sup>2</sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Zagreb" title="Zagreb">Zagreb</a></b>, Croatia</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">States with<br />limited recognition</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/North_Nicosia" title="North Nicosia">North Nicosia</a></b>, Northern Cyprus</i><sup>2</sup></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Pristina" title="Pristina">Pristina</a></b>, Kosovo</i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Sokhumi" class="mw-redirect" title="Sokhumi">Sokhumi</a></b>, Abkhazia</i><sup>2</sup></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Tiraspol" title="Tiraspol">Tiraspol</a></b>, Transnistria</i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Tskhinvali" title="Tskhinvali">Tskhinvali</a></b>, South Ossetia</i><sup>2</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Dependencies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Countries of the United Kingdom">Constituent countries</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a></b></i>, England</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a></b></i>, Scotland</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Cardiff" title="Cardiff">Cardiff</a></b></i>, Wales</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a></b></i>, Northern Ireland</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Crown_Dependencies" title="Crown Dependencies">Crown Dependencies</a> and<br /><a href="/wiki/British_Overseas_Territories" title="British Overseas Territories">Overseas Territories</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Douglas,_Isle_of_Man" title="Douglas, Isle of Man">Douglas</a></b></i>, Isle of Man</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Episkopi_Cantonment" title="Episkopi Cantonment">Episkopi Cantonment</a></b></i>, Akrotiri and Dhekelia</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Gibraltar" title="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a></b></i>, Gibraltar</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/St_Helier" title="St Helier">St Helier</a></b></i>, Jersey</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Saint_Peter_Port" title="Saint Peter Port">Saint Peter Port</a></b></i>, Guernsey</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Longyearbyen" title="Longyearbyen">Longyearbyen</a></b>, Svalbard (Norway)</i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/T%C3%B3rshavn" title="Tórshavn">Tórshavn</a></b>, Faroe Islands (Denmark)</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Federal states</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Austria" class="mw-redirect" title="Provinces of Austria">Austria</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Bregenz" title="Bregenz">Bregenz</a></b></i>, Vorarlberg</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Eisenstadt" title="Eisenstadt">Eisenstadt</a></b></i>, Burgenland</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Graz" title="Graz">Graz</a></b></i>, Styria</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Innsbruck" title="Innsbruck">Innsbruck</a></b></i>, Tyrol</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Klagenfurt" class="mw-redirect" title="Klagenfurt">Klagenfurt</a></b></i>, Carinthia</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Linz" title="Linz">Linz</a></b></i>, Upper Austria</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Salzburg" title="Salzburg">Salzburg</a></b></i>, Salzburg</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Sankt_P%C3%B6lten" title="Sankt Pölten">Sankt Pölten</a></b></i>, Lower Austria</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Vienna" title="Vienna">Vienna</a></b></i>, Vienna</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Communities,_regions_and_language_areas_of_Belgium#Communities" class="mw-redirect" title="Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium">Communities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/City_of_Brussels" title="City of Brussels">Brussels</a></b></i>, Flemish Community and French Community</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Eupen" title="Eupen">Eupen</a></b></i>, German-speaking Community</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Communities,_regions_and_language_areas_of_Belgium#Regions" class="mw-redirect" title="Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium">Regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/City_of_Brussels" title="City of Brussels">Brussels</a></b></i>, Brussels-Capital Region and Flanders</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Namur" title="Namur">Namur</a></b></i>, Wallonia</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Political_divisions_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Banja_Luka" title="Banja Luka">Banja Luka</a></b></i> (de facto), Republika Srpska</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Br%C4%8Dko" title="Brčko">Brčko</a></b></i>, Brčko District</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Sarajevo" title="Sarajevo">Sarajevo</a></b></i>, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/States_of_Germany" title="States of Germany">Germany</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a></b></i>, Berlin</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Bremen" title="Bremen">Bremen</a></b></i>, Bremen</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Dresden" title="Dresden">Dresden</a></b></i>, Saxony</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/D%C3%BCsseldorf" title="Düsseldorf">Düsseldorf</a></b></i>, North Rhine-Westphalia</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Erfurt" title="Erfurt">Erfurt</a></b></i>, Thuringia</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Hamburg" title="Hamburg">Hamburg</a></b></i>, Hamburg</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Hanover" title="Hanover">Hanover</a></b></i>, Lower Saxony</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Kiel" title="Kiel">Kiel</a></b></i>, Schleswig-Holstein</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Magdeburg" title="Magdeburg">Magdeburg</a></b></i>, Saxony-Anhalt</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Mainz" title="Mainz">Mainz</a></b></i>, Rhineland-Palatinate</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Munich" title="Munich">Munich</a></b></i>, Bavaria</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Potsdam" title="Potsdam">Potsdam</a></b></i>, Brandenburg</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Saarbr%C3%BCcken" title="Saarbrücken">Saarbrücken</a></b></i>, Saarland</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Schwerin" title="Schwerin">Schwerin</a></b></i>, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Stuttgart" title="Stuttgart">Stuttgart</a></b></i>, Baden-Württemberg</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Wiesbaden" title="Wiesbaden">Wiesbaden</a></b></i>, Hesse</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Federal_subjects_of_Russia" title="Federal subjects of Russia">Russia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Republics_of_Russia" title="Republics of Russia">Republics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Cheboksary" title="Cheboksary">Cheboksary</a></b></i>, Chuvashia</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Cherkessk" title="Cherkessk">Cherkessk</a></b></i>, Karachay-Cherkessia</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Elista" title="Elista">Elista</a></b></i>, Kalmykia</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Grozny" title="Grozny">Grozny</a></b></i>, Chechnya</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Izhevsk" title="Izhevsk">Izhevsk</a></b></i>, Udmurtia</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Kazan" title="Kazan">Kazan</a></b></i>, Tatarstan</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Magas,_Russia" title="Magas, Russia">Magas</a></b></i>, Ingushetia</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Makhachkala" title="Makhachkala">Makhachkala</a></b></i>, Dagestan</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Maykop" title="Maykop">Maykop</a></b></i>, Adygea</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Nalchik" title="Nalchik">Nalchik</a></b></i>, Kabardino-Balkaria</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Petrozavodsk" title="Petrozavodsk">Petrozavodsk</a></b></i>, Karelia</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Saransk" title="Saransk">Saransk</a></b></i>, Mordovia</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Simferopol" title="Simferopol">Simferopol</a></b></i>, Crimea (<a href="/wiki/Political_status_of_Crimea" title="Political status of Crimea">disputed</a>)</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Syktyvkar" title="Syktyvkar">Syktyvkar</a></b></i>, Komi</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Ufa" title="Ufa">Ufa</a></b></i>, Bashkortostan</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Vladikavkaz" title="Vladikavkaz">Vladikavkaz</a></b></i>, North Ossetia–Alania</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Yoshkar-Ola" title="Yoshkar-Ola">Yoshkar-Ola</a></b></i>, Mari El</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_okrugs_of_Russia" title="Autonomous okrugs of Russia">Autonomous okrugs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Naryan-Mar" title="Naryan-Mar">Naryan-Mar</a></b></i>, Nenets</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Krais_of_Russia" title="Krais of Russia">Krais</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Krasnodar" title="Krasnodar">Krasnodar</a></b></i>, Krasnodar Krai</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Perm,_Russia" title="Perm, Russia">Perm</a></b></i>, Perm Krai</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Stavropol" title="Stavropol">Stavropol</a></b></i>, Stavropol Krai</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Oblasts_of_Russia" title="Oblasts of Russia">Oblasts</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Arkhangelsk" title="Arkhangelsk">Arkhangelsk</a></b></i>, Arkhangelsk Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Astrakhan" title="Astrakhan">Astrakhan</a></b></i>, Astrakhan Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Belgorod" title="Belgorod">Belgorod</a></b></i>, Belgorod Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Bryansk" title="Bryansk">Bryansk</a></b></i>, Bryansk Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Ivanovo" title="Ivanovo">Ivanovo</a></b></i>, Ivanovo Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Kaliningrad" title="Kaliningrad">Kaliningrad</a></b></i>, Kaliningrad Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Kaluga" title="Kaluga">Kaluga</a></b></i>, Kaluga Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Kirov,_Kirov_Oblast" title="Kirov, Kirov Oblast">Kirov</a></b></i>, Kirov Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Kostroma" title="Kostroma">Kostroma</a></b></i>, Kostroma Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Krasnogorsk,_Moscow_Oblast" title="Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast">Krasnogorsk</a> and <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a></b></i>, Moscow Oblast (de facto)</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Kursk" title="Kursk">Kursk</a></b></i>, Kursk Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Lipetsk" title="Lipetsk">Lipetsk</a></b></i>, Lipetsk Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Murmansk" title="Murmansk">Murmansk</a></b></i>, Murmansk Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Nizhny_Novgorod" title="Nizhny Novgorod">Nizhny Novgorod</a></b></i>, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Orenburg" title="Orenburg">Orenburg</a></b></i>, Orenburg Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Oryol" title="Oryol">Oryol</a></b></i>, Oryol Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Penza" title="Penza">Penza</a></b></i>, Penza Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Pskov" title="Pskov">Pskov</a></b></i>, Pskov Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Rostov-on-Don" title="Rostov-on-Don">Rostov-on-Don</a></b></i>, Rostov Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Ryazan" title="Ryazan">Ryazan</a></b></i>, Ryazan Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Gatchina" title="Gatchina">Gatchina</a></b></i>, Leningrad Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Samara" title="Samara">Samara</a></b></i>, Samara Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Saratov" title="Saratov">Saratov</a></b></i>, Saratov Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Smolensk" title="Smolensk">Smolensk</a></b></i>, Smolensk Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Tambov" title="Tambov">Tambov</a></b></i>, Tambov Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Tula,_Russia" title="Tula, Russia">Tula</a></b></i>, Tula Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Tver" title="Tver">Tver</a></b></i>, Tver Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Ulyanovsk" title="Ulyanovsk">Ulyanovsk</a></b></i>, Ulyanovsk Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Veliky_Novgorod" title="Veliky Novgorod">Veliky Novgorod</a></b></i>, Novgorod Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Vladimir,_Russia" title="Vladimir, Russia">Vladimir</a></b></i>, Vladimir Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Volgograd" title="Volgograd">Volgograd</a></b></i>, Volgograd Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Vologda" title="Vologda">Vologda</a></b></i>, Vologda Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Voronezh" title="Voronezh">Voronezh</a></b></i>, Voronezh Oblast</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Yaroslavl" title="Yaroslavl">Yaroslavl</a></b></i>, Yaroslavl Oblast</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Federal_cities_of_Russia" title="Federal cities of Russia">Federal cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a></b></i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Saint_Petersburg" title="Saint Petersburg">Saint Petersburg</a></b></i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Sevastopol" title="Sevastopol">Sevastopol</a></b></i> (<a href="/wiki/Political_status_of_Crimea" title="Political status of Crimea">disputed</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cantons_of_Switzerland" title="Cantons of Switzerland">Switzerland</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Aarau" title="Aarau">Aarau</a></b></i>, Aargau</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Altdorf,_Uri" title="Altdorf, Uri">Altdorf</a></b></i>, Uri</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Appenzell_(village)" title="Appenzell (village)">Appenzell</a></b></i>, Appenzell Innerrhoden</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Basel" title="Basel">Basel</a></b></i>, Basel-Stadt</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Bellinzona" title="Bellinzona">Bellinzona</a></b></i>, Ticino</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Chur" title="Chur">Chur</a></b></i>, Grisons</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Del%C3%A9mont" title="Delémont">Delémont</a></b></i>, Jura</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Frauenfeld" title="Frauenfeld">Frauenfeld</a></b></i>, Thurgau</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Fribourg" title="Fribourg">Fribourg</a></b></i>, Canton of Fribourg</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Geneva" title="Geneva">Geneva</a></b></i>, Canton of Geneva</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Herisau" title="Herisau">Herisau</a></b></i>, Appenzell Ausserrhoden</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Lausanne" title="Lausanne">Lausanne</a></b></i>, Vaud</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Liestal" title="Liestal">Liestal</a></b></i>, Basel-Landschaft</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Lucerne" title="Lucerne">Lucerne</a></b></i>, Canton of Lucerne</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Neuch%C3%A2tel" title="Neuchâtel">Neuchâtel</a></b></i>, Canton of Neuchâtel</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Sarnen" title="Sarnen">Sarnen</a></b></i>, Obwalden</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Schaffhausen" title="Schaffhausen">Schaffhausen</a></b></i>, Canton of Schaffhausen</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Schwyz" title="Schwyz">Schwyz</a></b></i>, Canton of Schwyz</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Sion,_Switzerland" title="Sion, Switzerland">Sion</a></b></i>, Valais</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Solothurn" title="Solothurn">Solothurn</a></b></i>, Canton of Solothurn</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Stans" title="Stans">Stans</a></b></i>, Nidwalden</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/St._Gallen" title="St. Gallen">St. Gallen</a></b></i>, Canton of St. Gallen</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Glarus" title="Glarus">Glarus</a></b></i>, Canton of Glarus</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Zug" title="Zug">Zug</a></b></i>, Canton of Zug</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Zurich" title="Zurich">Zurich</a></b></i>, Canton of Zürich</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Autonomous<br />entities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Autonomous_regions79" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Italy#Autonomous_regions_with_special_statute" title="Regions of Italy">Autonomous regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Cagliari" title="Cagliari">Cagliari</a></b></i>, Sardinia</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Palermo" title="Palermo">Palermo</a></b></i>, Sicily</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Trento" title="Trento">Trento</a></b></i>, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Aosta" title="Aosta">Aosta</a></b></i>, Aosta Valley</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Trieste" title="Trieste">Trieste</a></b></i>, Friuli Venezia Giulia</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Autonomous_regions53" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_regions_of_Portugal" class="mw-redirect" title="Autonomous regions of Portugal">Autonomous regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Ponta_Delgada" title="Ponta Delgada">Ponta Delgada</a>, <a href="/wiki/Angra_do_Hero%C3%ADsmo" title="Angra do Heroísmo">Angra do Heroísmo</a>, & <a href="/wiki/Horta,_Azores" title="Horta, Azores">Horta</a></b></i>, Azores</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Funchal" title="Funchal">Funchal</a></b></i>, Madeira</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Barcelona" title="Barcelona">Barcelona</a></b></i>, Catalonia</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Las_Palmas" title="Las Palmas">Las Palmas</a></b></i> & <i><b><a href="/wiki/Santa_Cruz_de_Tenerife" title="Santa Cruz de Tenerife">Santa Cruz de Tenerife</a></b></i>, Canary Islands</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Logro%C3%B1o" title="Logroño">Logroño</a></b></i>, La Rioja</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Madrid" title="Madrid">Madrid</a></b></i>, Community of Madrid</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/M%C3%A9rida,_Spain" title="Mérida, Spain">Mérida</a></b></i>, Extremadura</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Murcia" title="Murcia">Murcia</a></b></i>, Region of Murcia</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Oviedo" title="Oviedo">Oviedo</a></b></i>, Asturias</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Palma_de_Mallorca" title="Palma de Mallorca">Palma de Mallorca</a></b></i>, Balearic Islands</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Pamplona" title="Pamplona">Pamplona</a></b></i>, Navarre</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Santander,_Spain" title="Santander, Spain">Santander</a></b></i>, Cantabria</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Santiago_de_Compostela" title="Santiago de Compostela">Santiago de Compostela</a></b></i>, Galicia</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Seville" title="Seville">Seville</a></b></i>, Andalusia</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Toledo,_Spain" title="Toledo, Spain">Toledo</a></b></i>, Castilla–La Mancha (de facto)</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Valencia" title="Valencia">Valencia</a></b></i>, Valencian Community</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Valladolid" title="Valladolid">Valladolid</a></b></i>, Castile and León (de facto)</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Vitoria-Gasteiz" title="Vitoria-Gasteiz">Vitoria-Gasteiz</a></b></i>, Basque Country (de facto)</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Zaragoza" title="Zaragoza">Zaragoza</a></b></i>, Aragon</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Ajaccio" title="Ajaccio">Ajaccio</a></b></i>, Corsica Collectivité (France)</li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Batumi" title="Batumi">Batumi</a></b></i>, Adjara (Georgia)</li> 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top: 0.2em;"><sup>2</sup></span> Continental placement may vary <a href="/wiki/Boundaries_between_the_continents_of_Earth#Asia_and_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="Boundaries between the continents of Earth">depending on geographic convention</a> being followed</li> <li><span style="position: relative; top: 0.2em;"><sup>3</sup></span> Also the seat of the European Union, see <a href="/wiki/Institutional_seats_of_the_European_Union" title="Institutional seats of the European Union">Institutional seats of the European Union</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brussels_and_the_European_Union" title="Brussels and the European Union">Brussels and the European Union</a></li> <li><span style="position: relative; top: 0.2em;"><sup>4</sup></span> A city-state</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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