Local time
Sun, 6:52 AM GMT+4Asia/BakuCityCapital
Baku
40.40° N, 49.86° E
- Population
- 2,122,300
- Natural Earth
- Population rank
- 1 of 9
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 9 cities of Azerbaijan in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Azerbaijan, so this is not a national ranking.
- Time zone
- Asia/Baku
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Practical bearings for Baku, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Baku have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
The name may derive from the Old Persian word "badkuba," meaning "windward" and referring to Baku's windy location on the shore of the Caspian Sea.
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person