Baku
| Baku Bakı |
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  Baku
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| Coordinates: 40°23′43″N 49°52′56″E / 40.39528°N 49.88222°E | |||
| Kintra |  Azerbaijan |
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| Govrenment | |||
| - Mayor | Hajibala Abutalybov | ||
| Aurie[1] | |||
| - Tot | 2,130 km2 (822.4 sq mi) | ||
| Hicht | -28 m (-92 ft) | ||
| Indwallers (2010)[2] | |||
| - Tot | 2,064,900 | ||
| - Densitie | 969.44/km2 (2,510.8/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | AZT (UTC+4) | ||
| - Simmer (DST) | AZST (UTC+5) | ||
| Postal code | AZ1000 | ||
| Aurie code(s) | 12 | ||
| Wabsteid | BakuCity.az | ||
Baku (Azerbaijani: Bakı), sometimes kent as Baqy, Baky, Baki or Bakou, is the caipital, the lairgest ceety, an the lairgest port o Azerbaijan an entire Caucasus. Locatit on the soothren shore o the Absheron Peninsula, the ceety consists o twa principal pairts: the dountoun an the auld Inner Ceety (21.5 ha). Datin tae antiquity, its urban population at the beginnin o 2009 wis estimatit at juist ower twa million fowk.
Baku is dividit intae eleiven admeenistrative destricts (raions) an 48 tounships. Amang these are the tounships on islands in the Baku Bay an the toun o Oil Rocks built on stilts in the Caspian Sea, 60 km (37 mi) away frae Baku. The Walled Ceety o Baku alang wi the Shirvanshah's Palace an Maiden Touer wur inscribed as a UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid in 2000. Accordin tae the Lonely Planet's rankin Baku is an aa amangst the warld's top ten destinations for urban nichtlife.[3]
The ceety an aa serves as the main financial hub o Azerbaijan. Mony sizeable Azerbaijani facilities hae their heidquarters there, includin SOCAR, ane o the warld's top 100 companies.[4]
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Internaitional relations [edit]
Twin touns an sister ceeties [edit]
Baku is twinned wi:[5][in chronological order]
| Kintra | Ceety | State / Province / Region / Govrenorate | Date | |||
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Senegal |  |
Dakar |  |
Dakar Region | 1967[6][7] |
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Italy |  |
Naples |  |
Campania | 1972[8] |
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Iraq | Basra | Basra Govrenorate | 1972[6] | ||
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Bosnie an Herzegovinae |  |
Sarajevo |  |
Sarajevo Canton | 1975[6][7] |
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Unitit States | Houston |  |
Texas | 1976[9] | |
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Bordeaux |  |
Aquitaine | 1979[6] |
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Iran | Tabriz | East Azerbaijan Province | 1980[7] | ||
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Turkey | Izmir | İzmir Province | 1985[10] | ||
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Vietnam | Vũng Tàu | Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu Province | 1985[6] | ||
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Unitit States | Honolulu |  |
Hawaii | 1998[11] | |
Pairtnership relations [edit]
Pairtnership relations an aa exist at different levels wi:[12] Berlin, Paris, Aiberdeen, Vienna, Stavanger, Tbilisi, Astana, Minsk, Moscow, Volgograd, Kizlyar, Tashkent an Chengdu.
References [edit]
- ↑ Administrative, density and territorial units and land size by economic regions of Azerbaijan Republic for January 1. 2007. Archived from the original on 24 November 2007. . Retrieved on 17 Julie 2009. .
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedpop - ↑ "Travel Picks: Top 10 cities to party the night away", Reuters, 2009-11-13. Retrieved on 21 November 2009..
- ↑ State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic: Transition from National to Transnational Company or Demand of Time?
- ↑ The main directions of foreign relations of the executive authorities of Baku. Retrieved on 15 Julie 2007. .
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Musa Gasymly (2005). АЗЕРБАЙДЖАН В МЕЖДУНАРОДНЫХ КУЛЬТУРНЫХ СВЯЗЯХ(1946–1990 гг.). Artanuchi. Retrieved on 4 Februar 2010. .
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "ВСЕ ОСТАЕТСЯ ЛЮДЯМ", Vyshka, 25 July 2008. Retrieved on 4 Februar 2010..
- ↑ Flexibe Solutions (26 October 2007). Embassy of Azerbaijan Republic in Italy. Azembassy.it. Retrieved on 17 Apryle 2010. .
- ↑ Maud Beck (Winter 2006). "Sister Cities: Baku and Houston. Celebrating 30 Years as Sister Cities". Azerbaijan International: 68–71. Archived from the original on 2 February 2010. http://azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/ai144_folder/144_articles/144_sister_cities.html. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
- ↑ Izmir Metropolitan Municipality. Izmir.bel.tr. Retrieved on 17 Apryle 2010. .
- ↑ [1][deid airtin]
- ↑ (Roushie)Executive Power of the Baku City. Azerbaijan.az. Retrieved on 8 Apryle 2008. .
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