# Baku

> capital of Azerbaijan

**Wikidata**: [Q9248](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9248)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/baku

## Summary

Baku, with a population of 2.3 million as of 2021[1], is the capital city of Azerbaijan where the official language is Azerbaijani. The city covers an area of 2.1 thousand square kilometers[2] and sits at an elevation of 28 meters below sea level.Eldar Azizov serves as the head of government for Baku. The city operates in the UTC+04:00 time zone.


## References

1. [Source](http://baku-ih.gov.az/page/26.html)
2. [Source](http://azerbaijans.com/content_1719_az.html)
3. [Source](http://www.bordeaux.fr/ebx/LinkResolverServlet?classofcontent=presentationStandard&id=89715)
4. [Source](https://www.izmir.bel.tr/tr/KardesKentler/62)
5. [Source](https://www.mainz.de/verwaltung-und-politik/partnerstaedte/baku.php#c15)
6. [Source](https://www.sarajevo.ba/bs/article/3187/gradonacelnik-behmen-i-ambasador-hasanov-intenzivirati-pobratimske-veze-izmedu-sarajeva-i-bakua)
7. [Source](https://gradskovijece.sarajevo.ba/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Vedad-Deljković-broj-01-GV-02-289-7.O-18-od-21.03.2018.-godine.pdf)
8. [Source](https://baku-ih.gov.az/az/page/26.html)
9. [Source](https://kvs.gov.spb.ru/en/agreements/)
10. [Source](https://old.kyivcity.gov.ua/files/2018/2/15/Mista-pobratymy.pdf)
11. [Source](https://kyivcity.gov.ua/kyiv_ta_miska_vlada/pro_kyiv/mista-pobratimi_z_yakimi_kiyevom_pidpisani_dokumenti_pro_poridnennya_druzhbu_spivrobitnitstvo_partnerstvo/)
12. [Source](http://mail.camara.rj.gov.br/APL/Legislativos/contlei.nsf/50ad008247b8f030032579ea0073d588/3f4147a57ed8aa3483257e8800663664?OpenDocument)
13. [Source](https://www4.honolulu.gov/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-114443/98-206.pdf)
14. [Source](http://baku-ih.gov.az/az/page/26.html)
15. [Source](https://tbilisi.gov.ge/img/original/2018/6/12/tbilisiinfigures.pdf)
16. [Source](http://economicforum.ge/img/original/2024/5/29/%E1%83%97%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98_%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%A4%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%A8%E1%83%98-Print-21.09.23.pdf)
17. [Source](https://www.azerbaijans.com/content_1719_az.html)
18. Virtual International Authority File
19. MusicBrainz
20. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
21. Russian Empire census
22. 1926 Soviet census
23. 1939 Soviet census
24. 1959 Soviet census
25. 1970 Soviet census
26. 1979 Soviet census
27. 1989 Soviet census
28. [Source](https://www.stat.gov.az/source/demoqraphy/ap/az/2_4.xls)
29. [Source](https://www.stat.gov.az/source/demoqraphy/?lang=en)
30. [Source](http://www.baku.azstat.org/section/demography/001.xls)
31. Flickr Shapefiles Public Dataset 2.0
32. [Source](http://cnig.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/CNT-PVM_r%C3%A9vis%C3%A9_2020-01-27-1.pdf)
33. GeoNames
34. [Source](https://service.unece.org/trade/locode/az.htm)
35. [Source](http://www.baku.azstat.org/section/demography/)
36. [archINFORM](https://www.archinform.net/service/wd_aiort.php)
37. [Source](https://encyklopedia.pwn.pl/haslo/Baku;3873553.html)
38. [iNaturalist](https://www.inaturalist.org/places/inaturalist-places.csv.zip)
39. [Source](https://golden.com/wiki/Baku-JABN)
40. National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File
41. museum-digital