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Baku city overview
Baku is a city in Azerbaijan shaped by its region, population, local economy, landmarks, climate and civic history. This overview summarizes the city itself: where it sits, what defines it, which places anchor its identity and why it matters within the wider country.
City facts
Airport baseBaku Heydar Aliyev (GYD)
Known forBaku, Capital city of Azerbaijan, Baku planning base 3, Baku planning base 4
Population~2.3Mcity context
RegionAzerbaijanAzerbaijan
Time zoneAsia/Bakulocal time
Founded1170historical origin
City history
It was called Bagavan during the Sassanian rule (22-651 CE). and later became known by its Perso-Arabic name باکو (Bākū).
Akhsitan I built a navy in Baku and successfully repelled a Rus' assault in 1170.
After a devastating earthquake struck Shamakhi, the capital of Shirvan, Shirvanshah's court moved to Baku in 1191.
In March 1797 the tsarist troops left Baku, and the city became part of Qajar Iran again.
In 1812, a city court was established where local customs and Russian law were applied together.
With the transition to civilian administration in 1840, Baku became a district center attached to the Caspian Province.
Following the devastating earthquake in Shamakhi in 1859, the city gained the status of a provincial capital and emerged as one of the major administrative and political centers of the Caucasus.
Williams Jackson of Columbia University wrote in his work From Constantinople to the Home of Omar Khayyam (1911): Baku is a city founded upon oil, for to its inexhaustible founts of naphtha it owes.
Seeking to capitalize on the existing ethnic conflicts, by spring 1918, Bolsheviks inspired and condoned civil war in and around Baku.
From 1922 to 1930 Baku became the venue for one of the major trade fairs of the Soviet Union, serving as a commercial bridgehead to Iran and the Middle East. World War II The.
During World War II (1939–1945) and particularly during the 1942 Nazi German invasion of the southwestern Soviet Union, Baku became of vital strategic importance to the Axis powers.
Between the 12th and 14th centuries, massive fortifications were built in Baku and the surrounding towns.
The city walls of Baku were also rebuilt and strengthened.
In the second half of the nineteenth century, steps toward modernization were taken in the fields of infrastructure, education, and healthcare. Discovery of oil The Russians built the first oil-distilling factory in Balaxani in.
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Capital city of Azerbaijan
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Stay overview
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Hotels & areas
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Baku Heydar Aliyev (GYD) arrival plan
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Rental cars
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Best time to visit
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Transport notes
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Crowds
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