Baku city

Baku - the capital of Azerbaijan, the largest city in the

Caucasus and one of the most

beautiful cities in the world is

compared with Naples, San

Francisco and other big cities of

the world. The city is situated

on the southern coast of the

Absheron Peninsula and is the largest port in the Caucasus.

According to one version, the name Azerbaijan comes from the Persian language "Badkube" -

"wind blow", probably because of strong winds, hence "Baku - the city of winds", according to

another version, Baku means - a city on the hill

The name Azerbaijan is

found in written sources from the

IX century. But the historical

sources indicate that the

settlements on the place of the

city appeared long time ago.

They tell about the area, notable

with "flames rising from

underwater rocks". These "eternal" fires

appeared in spots of natural

gas yield. 

The evidences of the ancient age of the city are rock carvings left by primitive people on the walls of caves in Absheron and

Gobustan (12 thousand years ago), as well as various archaeological finds, rock inscription left by Augustus, Gaius Octavius, narrating of military camps, set in this area in the I

century BC. 

Considering all given above, we can establish that the city of Baku is more than 5,5 thousand years old. Throughout its history the city has endured a lot -

several times he was completely burned and looted, but revived again.

Today Baku is one of the most beautiful cities in the world, located at the crossroads of Europe and Asia. In the capital of

Azerbaijan, are spoken three languages: Azeri, Turkish and Russian. In Baku you can feel the fusion of eras and cultures and

meet the architectural monuments of various international schools of architecture.

In Baku resides over half of the whole country’s population (more than two million inhabitants). Here

concentrated the oldest oil fields, the famous Oil Stones of deep base, powerful crane vessels,

modern floating rigs.

Baku is also a cultural center of Azerbaijan. Here was opened the first National Theatre, the first library and appeared in print

the first newspaper. In the modern city is also well developed the entertainment industry: 7 theaters, 11 universities, 30

museums, a philharmonic society, libraries and cinemas, restaurants and nightclubs.

Also in the capital of Azerbaijan Baku passed the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 at the Crystal Hall

Opening in Baku the National flag area is widely shined with influential news agencies and world television channels. In

television channel "Euronews" reporting has been told about this grandiose ceremony. It was marked that on the National flag area

the highest flagstaff in the world is raised.

Let's mark that the flag weight makes approximately 350 kgs. Flagstaff height - 162 meters, diameter of its basis - 3,2 meters, and the top part

- 1,09 meters. Design gross weight - 220 tons. On May 29th, 2010 organization "Guinness Book of Records" has confirmed that the flagstaff of national flag of Azerbaijan is the highest in the world.

Baku – The Capital

Of Azerbaijan