Photos of Baku, Azerbaijan taken by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin Baku view of the city Baku or Baky , capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, on the Abseron Peninsula in the southeastern part of the country. A port on the western coast of the Caspian Sea, the city is close to major petroleum fields near the border with Iran, and oil refining is its chief industry.
Pipelines carry oil products to Bat umi, Georgia, on the Black Sea.
Baku also has shipyards and factories producing metal cable and cotton, leather, and food products. A subway system was opened in the city in 1967. Photos of the Old City Petroleum was extracted in the Baku region as early as the 8th century. In the 12th century the city became the seat of the Shirvan khans. Baku was the capital of an anti-Bolshevik regime.