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capital city of Azerbaijan
Baky a city in southeast Azerbaijan, the country's capital and an important port on the west coast of the Caspian Sea. City (pop., 1997 est.: 1,727,200), capital of Azerbaijan. Located on the western shore of the Caspian Sea at the sea's best harbour, Baku has long been inhabited. By the 11th century AD, it was in the possession of the Shrvn shahs, who made it their capital in the 12th century. In 1723 Peter the Great took Baku but returned it to Persia in 1735; Russia recaptured the town in 1806. It was the capital of the Bolshevik government in 1917 and became the capital of the new Soviet republic of Azerbaijan in 1920. The basis of Baku's economy is petroleum
The capital of Azerbaijan
a port city on the Caspian Sea that is the capital of Azerbaijan and an important center for oil production
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