Baku is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and in the Caucasus region. Baku is 28 metres (92 ft) below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world and also the largest city in the world below sea level. Baku lies on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, on the Bay of Baku. Baku's urban population was estimated at two million people as of 2009. 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.
Abulfaz Gadirgulu oghlu Aliyev, better known as Abulfaz Elchibey, was an Azerbaijani politician, Azerbaijani nationalist and Soviet dissident who was the first and only democratically elected President in post-Soviet Azerbaijan. He was the leader of the Azerbaijani Popular Front and played an important role in achieving Azerbaijan's independence from the Soviet Union.
Hasan Aziz oghlu Hasanov is an Azerbaijani politician and diplomat. He served as Azerbaijan's last communist leader, as its Prime Minister of Azerbaijan both during the Soviet rule and Azerbaijan's subsequent independence after the collapse of Soviet Union but eventually resigned.
Azerbaijan State Oil and Industrial University is a tertiary education institution in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Sabail raion is a raion of Baku, located on the Caspian shore. It contains the Old town of Baku and the Baku Boulevard as well as the settlements Badamdar and Bibiheybət, the administrative territorial divisions no. 1 and no. 2, the municipalities of Badamdar, Bibiheybət and Sabail, and is bordered by the raions of Nasimi, Yasamal and Garadagh.
Nasimi rayon is a settlement and raion of Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, named after Imadaddin Nasimi and formed on June 13, 1969.
Yasamal is a settlement and raion in Baku, Azerbaijan. As of 2023 it had a population of 225,600. It is one of the central districts of Baku.
Azer Kamal oglu Amiraslanov is the Head of the Department of Economy of the Office of Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Tofig Gasimov Masim oglu was an Azerbaijani politician and diplomat. He was Foreign Minister of Azerbajain from 1992 to 1993.
Ramiz Anvar oghlu Mehdiyev is an Azerbaijani politician and academician who served as the Head of the Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan from 1994 to 2019 and the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan between 2019 and 2022.
Ogtay Sabir oglu Asadov is an Azerbaijani politician who has served as the Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan between 2005 and 2020.
Adil Aliyev is the president of Azerbaijan Kickboxing Federation, a Member of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan since 10 March 2020.
The Keşla 2017–18 season was Inter Baku's seventeenth Azerbaijan Premier League season.
Sabail FK is an Azerbaijani football club based in Baku. The club participates in the Azerbaijan Premier League.
The Səbail FK 2017-18 season was Səbail's first Azerbaijan Premier League season, and their second season in existence.
The Neftchi Baku 2017–18 season is Neftchi Baku's 26th Azerbaijan Premier League season. Neftchi will compete Azerbaijan Premier League and in the 2017–18 Azerbaijan Cup.
The 2018–19 Azerbaijan Premier League was the 27th season of the Azerbaijan Premier League. It was won by defending champions Qarabağ. The season began on 11 August 2018.
Mirabdulla Abbasov is an Azerbaijani footballer who plays as a forward for Sabail and Azerbaijan national football team. He was selected as the footballer of the year in Azerbaijan in 2018.
Eldar Aziz oghlu Azizov is the head of the Baku City Executive Power since November 15, 2018.
Kamal Jafarov — Member of the Azerbaijan Parliament, chairperson of the Sub-Committee on Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) and head of Anti-Corruption Training Center near General Prosecutor Office. He is member of European Conservatives Group and Democratic Alliance at PACE.
