# Baku

| Baku Bakı |
| --- |
| City |
| Clockwise: Details o the façade o the Ismailiyya biggin, Philharmony Foontain in front o the Magomayev Philharmonic Hall, a veshel on the Bay o Baku wi the skyline o the city, an the Maiden Touer – clickable eemage |
| Seal |
| BakuLocation in Azerbaijan |
| Coordinates: ﻿ / ﻿ |
| Kintra |  Azerbaijan |
| Govrenment |
|  • Mayor | Hajibala Abutalybov |
| Area |
|  • City | 2130 km2 (820 sq mi) |
| Elevation | -28 m (−92 ft) |
| Population (2020) |
|  • City | 2,293,700 |
|  • Density | 1,057/km2 (2,740/sq mi) |
|  • Urban | 3,125,000 |
|  • Metro | 5,105,200 |
| Demonym(s) | Bakuvian
Azerbaijani: *Bakılı* |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
|  • Summer (DST) | UTC+5 (AZST) |
| Postal code | AZ1000 |
| Area code(s) | 12 |
| Website | BakuCity.az |

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

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

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

## Internaitional relations

### Twin touns an sister ceeties

Baku is twinned wi:[in chronological order]

| Kintra | City | State / Province / Region / Govrenorate | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | Senegal |  | **Dakar** |  | *Dakar Region* | 1967 |
|  | Italy |  | **Naples** |  | *Campanie* | 1972 |
|  | Iraq |  | **Basra** |  | *Basra Govrenorate* | 1972 |
|  | Bosnie an Herzegovinae |  | **Sarajevo** |  | *Sarajevo Canton* | 1975 |
|  | Unitit States |  | **Houston** |  | *Texas* | 1976 |
|  | Fraunce |  | **Bordeaux** |  | *Aquitaine* | 1979 |
|  | Iran |  | **Tabriz** |  | *East Azerbaijan Province* | 1980 |
|  | Turkey |  | **Izmir** |  | *İzmir Province* | 1985 |
|  | Vietnam |  | **Vũng Tàu** |  | *Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu Province* | 1985 |
|  | Unitit States |  | **Honolulu** |  | *Hawaii* | 1998 |

### Pairtnership relations

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

## Metro

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

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

## Educashun

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