Baku

Baku is the capital and largest town of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city at the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus place. Baku is positioned 28 metres below sea degree, which makes it the lowest mendacity national capital in the international and additionally the most important town inside the world placed under sea level. Baku lies at the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, alongside the Bay of Baku. At the start of 2009, Baku's urban populace was predicted at just over million humans. Officially, approximately 25 percent of all population of the united states of america live in Baku's metropolitan vicinity. Baku is the sole metropolis in Azerbaijan. Baku is split into twelve administrative raions and 48 townships.

Among these are the townships on the islands of the Baku Archipelago, and the city of Oil Rocks built on stilts within the Caspian Sea, 60 kilometres far from Baku. The Inner City of Baku, in conjunction with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower, have been inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000. According to the Lonely Planet's ranking, Baku is also many of the global's pinnacle ten destinations for urban nightlife.