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Baku: 2,277,500 Baku is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located 28 meters below sea level, which also makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world. In fact, Baku is also the largest city in the world located below sea level. 2 Sumqayıt Sumgait
Foreca Ltd (/ ˈ f ɔːr k ə /) is a private Finnish weather forecasting company. It is the largest of its kind in the Nordic countries and is headquartered in Espoo, Finland. Foreca provides weather services for international business use. This service is partly based on data and products of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts.
Baku's urban population was estimated at two million people as of 2009. [10] Baku is the primate city of Azerbaijan—it is the sole metropolis in the country, and about 25% of all inhabitants of the country live in Baku's metropolitan area. Baku is divided into twelve administrative raions and 48 townships.
Baku: 2011 Culture television S A AccessBank Azerbaijan: Financials Banks Baku: 2002 Micro-finance bank P A AF Holding: Conglomerates - Baku: 1991 Construction, production, property, retail, tourism P A AF Hotel Group: Consumer services Hotels Baku: 1991 Hotel chain, part of AF Holding: P A Azersu Open Joint Stock Company: Utilities Water Baku ...
BUSAN/BAKU (Reuters) -As delegates from 175 countries gathered in Busan, South Korea on Monday for the fifth round of talks aimed at securing an international treaty to curb plastic pollution ...
The keynote address to the Congress of the Peoples of the East was delivered by Comintern chief Grigory Zinoviev. The Congress of the Peoples of the East (Russian: Съезд народов Востока, romanized: S'yezd narodov Vostoka) was a multinational conference held in September 1920 by the Communist International in Baku, Azerbaijan (then the capital of Soviet Azerbaijan).
The Old City of Baku is an UNESCO World Heritage Site. Baku has a number of historic and architectural monuments. The Old City is its ancient core. In December 2000, the Old City (including the Palace of the Shirvanshahs and the Maiden Tower) was named Azerbaijan's first UNESCO World Heritage Site. [25]
Baku's main branches of heavy industry include oil and gas extraction, shipbuilding, steelmaking, mechanical engineering, and chemical manufacturing.The city also manufactures equipment for local and international oil and gas extraction, including a deep foundation plant in Sahil, and engineering plant in Keshla and clay and steel plants in Binagadi.